Former US President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said on Saturday that it had been hacked, US news agency Politico reported. The allegation stems from an anonymous email from an account used by AOL, which identifies itself as “Robert,” that included Trump campaign documents, Politico reported.
The campaign referred to a Microsoft report, published on Friday, that attributed the data breach to “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” Politico reported. The report claimed that Iranian hackers “sent a phishing email in June to a senior official of a presidential campaign.” However, Microsoft did not identify the campaign that the email targeted.
Politico also reported that it did not verify the hacker’s identity and did not know the motivation behind the act.
“These documents were illegally obtained from foreign sources hostile to the United States, with the intent to interfere in the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our democratic process,” Cheung said. “On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found that Iranian hackers breached the account of a ‘senior official’ in the US presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the deadline for President Trump’s vice presidential nominee selection,” Politico reported, citing Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung.
Politico reported receiving emails from a senior Trump campaign official containing an investigative dossier dated Feb. 23 on Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, and a similar document on Sen. Marco Rubio.
The dossier, a 271-page document, included Vance’s public records, with a section titled “Potential Vulnerabilities.” The hacker also sent Politico a portion of a similar investigative document on vice presidential nominee finalist Sen. Marco Rubio, Politico reported.
In July, some reports emerged that US intelligence services had received evidence that Iran was plotting to kill Trump as revenge for his decision to order the assassination of Iranian military officer Qassem Soleimani in 2020, Politico reported. There was no indication whether Trump’s shooter, who tried to assassinate him at his rally in Pennsylvania, was linked to Iran.
“The Iranian people know that President Trump will stop his reign of terror just as he did during his first four years in the White House,” Cheung said in a statement cited by Politico.
The Iranian mission to the UN said it “does not attach any credence to such reports,” adding: “The Iranian government does not possess or harbor any intention or motive to interfere in the US presidential election,” the mission said in a statement, CNN reported.
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