The Heritage Foundation was breached by as-of-yet unidentified assailants, who stole “sensitive emails” and donor information and allegedly posted the documents online, Politico reports. "We experienced a malicious, unauthorized data breach of six-year-old documents on an external server that appear to contain personal information of private donors, who we are notifying,” said a foundation spokesman. The authenticity of the files circulated online has not been verified, the report states. The foundation’s “internal servers were not part of this breach, and we have taken—and will continue to take—all appropriate steps to ensure that our members have the ability to support public policy organizations free from intimidation,” the spokesman said.
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