Cozy Bear targets the RNC; Haiti's president has been assassinated.
A Russian hack brings the promises Putin made to Biden into question; Haiti's president has been assassinated. Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. Alexander Ryumin/TASS via Getty Images - The Republican National Committee says one of its contractors' data has been breached by Russian hackers, representing a broken cybersecurity promise from Vladimir Putin to President Joe Biden. [NYT / Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger]
- The RNC initially denied it had been hacked, before saying it had happened to a third party and that they had successfully investigated any potential data breaches. [Guardian / Kari Paul]
- Synnex, an RNC technology provider, was hacked by Russians, but no data was compromised as the RNC immediately blocked the company's access to their cloud, the RNC's chief of staff said. [NPR / Alana Wise]
- The attack has been tied to a Russian government group called APT 29 or Cozy Bear. The same group was linked to hacks of the Democratic National Committee in 2016 and several government agencies last year. [Bloomberg / William Turton and Jennifer Jacobs]
- Russian hackers also launched a series of massive ransomware attacks recently, though it is not yet known if the two incidents are related. The ransomware attacks are expected to have 1,000 victims, and the group experts believe is responsible, REvil, is demanding $70 million in Bitcoin to unlock victims' computers. [Bloomberg]
- Less than a month ago, Biden and Putin held a highly charged summit in which Biden said he imposed a red line on cybersecurity and would punish Putin if he failed to comply. [Independent / Nathan Place]
- In the wake of the hack, there is increased pressure on Biden to respond. The president did not say whether the ransomware attacks crossed his red line, but indicated he would have "more to say" in the coming days as he received more information. [Politico / Eric Geller]
- Haitian officials have declared a "state of siege" after gunmen assassinated President Jovenel Moïse in his home early Wednesday morning. The first lady, Martine Moïse, was also shot and is in "stable but critical condition." [AP / Evens Sanon and Dánica Coto]
- Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said the identity of the gunmen remains unknown. Moïse had served as president since 2017, after a long election process rife with fraud allegations. [NPR / Joe Hernandez and Carrie Khan]
- Haiti has closed its international airport, and the streets of busy Port-au-Prince were relatively empty Wednesday morning. But experts fear the already politically fragile nation could descend into post-assassination chaos. [Reuters / Andre Paultre]
- Moïse's rule in Haiti was marked by growing frustration among the opposition because of his attempts to keep power in a dispute over when exactly his term ended. Protests over his continued presidency this year resulted in a number of arrests of those Moïse accused of attempting to kill him. [NYT / Catherine Porter and Mark Santora]
- The country is currently under martial law, with the military and police officers authorized to enforce it. [CNN / Etant Dupain, Gerardo Lemos, Ivana Kottasová, and Caitlin Hu]
Former President Donald Trump announced he is suing Facebook, Twitter, and Google for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights by kicking him and others off their platforms. [Recode / Shirin Ghaffary] - New data from Nielsen found that 75 percent of Americans increased their alcohol intake by at least one drink a month during the pandemic, with women, in particular, drinking 39 percent more in 2020 than in 2019. [Axios / Bryan Walsh]
- Eric Adams has officially won the Democratic primary for the New York City mayoral race, making him the city's likely next mayor. [BuzzFeed News]
- The death toll of the Surfside condo collapse now stands at 46, as rescuers continue to find bodies in the rubble. [AP / Terry Spencer and Adriana Gomez Licon]
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