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The Republican Governors Association

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 10, 2021

Filed

Sep 15, 2021

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for The Republican Governors Association

The Republican Governors Association (RGA) notified individuals of a data breach involving its Microsoft Exchange email environment. Threat actors exploited a widespread vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Service between February and March 2021. RGA determined on June 24, 2021, that affected individuals' names were in the impacted portion of the email environment. RGA engaged forensic experts, patched systems, and offered two years of credit monitoring. The FBI and state regulators were notified.

Incident timeline

undetected · 37 days
discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 189 days

Feb 1, 2021

Begins

Mar 10, 2021

Discovered

Sep 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGSep 15 · first
Massachusetts State AGSep 15 · first
New Hampshire State AGSep 15 · first
Maine State AGSep 15 · first
Montana State AGSep 15 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.