Republican senator’s campaign staff targeted in phishing attack: Report

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Staffers for a Republican senator who isn’t even up for re-election in 2018 may be the latest recipients of phishing emails sent from foreign would-be hackers, according to a report.

Google warned campaign aides to Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., their email accounts may have been targeted this week by “actors with ties to a nation-state,” the Morning Call reported Thursday.

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