Posted on 08/10/2024 12:45:05 PM PDT by bitt
The Trump campaign has confirmed that internal communications have been hacked and leaked to the media. The campaign confirmed the cybercrime after Politico received a series of stolen documents on Saturday.
Trump’s team believes Iran may have been behind the hack but has not released any information on the perpetrator.
Politico reports:
The campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” citing a Microsoft report on Friday that Iranian hackers “sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign.” Microsoft did not identify the campaign targeted by the email and declined to comment Saturday. POLITICO has not independently verified the identity of the hacker or their motivation, and a Trump campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, declined to say if they had further information substantiating the campaigns’ suggestion that it was targeted by Iran.
“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Cheung said in a statement provided to the outlet. “On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found 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.”
Cheung did not comment about if the campaign has been in touch with Microsoft to confirm.
Politico claims it began receiving the emails in late July.
The report states:
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Air gap that stuff from now on
Or worse, get a hold of Trump’s game plan and always be one step ahead.
I manage my husband’s HVAC biz. I used to work in IT. I get phished every day in my office 365 outlook email associated with the website’s domain. I just keep reporting it as phishing.
God, how I hate that woman…
You bet’cha.
“Foreign sources”
Democrats?
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