Trump campaign says it was hacked by foreign actors

The Trump campaign on Saturday shelp that a foreign hacker had baccomplished its systems and geted access to inside communications.

Politico began receiving leaked campaign write downs from an anonymous source on July 22, according to the novels outlet’s tell on Saturday. Politico first telled the campaign’s accomprehendledgement of the hack.

“These write downs were geted illegpartner from foreign sources unfriendly to the United States, intended to meddle with the 2024 election and sow confusion thcimpoliteout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung shelp in a statement.

CNBC has not self-reliantly verified the source of the hack.

The Trump campaign’s statement implied that Iranian hackers were behind the baccomplish but did not supply any honest evidence helping that claim.

Rather, Cheung cited a Microsoft tell dated Friday cautioning that Iranian hackers had begined cut offal contrastent trys to sway the U.S. pdwellntial election, including sending a deceptive try email in June to a high-ranking campaign official from the hacked account of a ageder advisor.

Microsoft did not instantly react to a seek for comment on whether the Trump campaign had been a aim of the Iranian unpermitd access plot.

Earlier this summer, U.S. officials became inestablished of an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump. Officials lgeted of the plot in the weeks ahead of the tryed killing of Trump at his Pennsylvania rpartner in July, although no connection has yet been set uped between that shooter and Iran.

Politico telled that it began receiving Trump campaign write downs from an anonymous email account recognizeing only as “Robert.” Among the write downs was a 271-page dossier on Trump’s now-running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, alengthy with another file on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who was on the foolishinutive catalog of VP contenders.

When Politico asked the anonymous source how they accessed the write downs, the person telledly shelp, “I propose you don’t be asking about where I got them from. Any answer to this ask, will agree me and also legpartner recut offes you from publishing them.”

Politico did not instantly react to a seek for comment on whether it was toiling with the Trump campaign and law utilizement to spreadigate the hack.

The campaign’s telled hack comes as the Federal Bureau of Investigation publishs cautionings about cybersecurity dangers around the world, especipartner aiming U.S. election outcomes.

“We should absolutely foresee that foreign actors will try to sway and that they will meddle,” Jen Easterly, the honestor of the Cybersecurity and Infraset up Security Agency, shelp at a January congressional hearing, referring to the 2024 election. “To be very evident, Americans should have confidence in the integrity of our election infraset up becaemploy of the enormous amount of toil that’s been done.”