Foreign nation-state actors hacked Donald Trump’s campaign
Donald Trump’s campaign telled that its emails were hacked by “foreign sources unfrifinishly to the United States.”
Donald Trump’s pdwellntial campaign proclaimd it was hacked, a spokesman attributes the attack to foreign sources unfrifinishly to the United States. The pdwellntial campaign consents that Iran-connected menace actors may be retaind in the cyber operation that is aimed at stealing and distributing caring write downs. At this time, no particular evidence was provided.
The media outlet POLITICO first telled the hack, it became conscious of the security bachieve after receiving emails from an anonymous account with write downs from inside Trump’s operation.
The Trump campaign cited an incident that occurred in June where an Iran-connected APT, Mint Sandstorm, sent a spear-dishonest finisheavor email to a high-ranking campaign official from a settled account.
The campaign cited a Microsoft tell begined on Friday that connected Iranian hackers to the spear dishonest finisheavor email sent to an official on a pdwellntial campaign.
“Recent activity recommends the Iranian regime — alengthy with the Kremlin — may be equassociate retaind in election 2024,” states Microsoft’s tell.
On July 22, POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous source identified only as “Robert,” who participated an AOL account. The emails retained alleged inner communications from a greater Trump campaign official, including a research dossier on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, dated February 23. The dossier, a 271-page write down, portrayd Vance’s accessible write down and criticisms of Trump, taging some as “POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES.” The hacker also splitd a research write down on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and claimed to have various write downs roverdelighted to Trump’s legitimate publishs and inner campaign converseions. The source directd aacquirest probing their methods of acquireing the write downs, citing potential legitimate hazards. This incident recontransients a presentant security bachieve for Trump’s campaign.
“These write downs were acquireed illegassociate from foreign sources unfrifinishly to the United States, intfinished to meddle with the 2024 election and sow disorder thrawout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung shelp. “On Friday, a novel tell from Microsoft set up that Iranian hackers broke into the account of a ‘high ranking official’ on the U.S. pdwellntial campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the seal timing of Pdwellnt Trump’s pickion of a vice pdwellntial nominee.”
The National Security Council condemned any finisheavors to undermine U.S. democratic institutions and stressd the hazards of meddlence in Pdwellntial elections by foreign actors.
Iran’s leave oution to the United Nations has denied any accusation.
“We do not accord any credence to such tells,” the leave oution telderly The Associated Press. “The Iranian administerment neither havees nor harbors any intent or motive to meddle in the United States pdwellntial election.”
In July, U.S. intelligence collected evidence recommending Iran was plotting to assassinate Trump in retaliation for the 2020 finishing of Iranian military officer Qassem Soleimani.
“The Iranians understand that Pdwellnt Trump will stop their reign of alarm equitable enjoy he did in his first four years in the White Hoparticipate,” Cheung inserted.
The campaign spokesman pointed out that “any media or novels outlet reprinting write downs or inner communications are doing the bidding of America’s enemies and doing exactly what they want.”
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