Trump’s campaign says Iran hacked its documents
The Iran Mission of the United States has denied a hacking campaign against the President Donald Trump: a report on the email exchange exchange with a former adviser
Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Saturday that it has been hacked and suggested Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents.
The claim of the Trump campaign was denied by Iran’s mission to the UN. The mission told The AP that they do not agree with the reports. The Iranian government has no intention of swaying the presidential election in the United States.
The report said that an Iranian military intelligence unit sent a fraudulent email to a presidential candidate via the account of a former adviser.
Politician first reported on the hack. The outlet reported that it began receiving emails on July 22 from an anonymous account. The source — an AOL email account identified only as “Robert” — passed along what appeared to be a research dossier the campaign had apparently done on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The document was dated February 23, just five months before Trump chose him as his running mate.
The Iran Cyber Crime Campaign and the Election of 2024: Reports on a High-rank Adviser, General Relator and Vice President JD Vance
However, Iran long has been suspected of running hacking campaigns targeting its enemies in the Middle East and beyond. Tehran also long has threatened to retaliate against Trump over the 2020 drone strike he ordered that killed prominent Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
“These documents were obtained illegally” and “intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Cheung said.
He pointed to the Microsoft report issued Friday and its conclusions that “Iranian hackers broke into the account of a ‘high ranking official’ on the U.S. presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential nominee.”
The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their terrible behavior, just like he did in his first 4 years in the White House. Cheung said that any media that reprints documents for America’s enemies is doing the bidding of their enemies.
Cheung didn’t respond to questions about the campaign’s interactions with Microsoft. Microsoft said Saturday it had no comment beyond its blog post and Friday report.
“The phishing email contained a fake forward with a hyperlink that directs traffic through an actor-controlled domain before redirecting to the listed domain,” the report states.
The VP’s campaign did not respond to the reported hacking or the Democratic nominee’s cyber security protocols.
At least one email from an anonymous account was received by Politico on July 22. The source — an AOL email account identified only as “Robert” — passed along what appeared to be a research dossier the campaign had apparently done on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The document was dated Feb. 23, almost five months before Trump selected Vance as his running mate.
