FBI says it is investigating after Donald Trump campaign said sensitive documents were hacked by Iran
The Hindu
FBI investigates cyber intrusion targeting Trump and Harris campaigns, suspected to be linked to Iran, amid election interference concerns.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion, as well as attempts to gain access to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, days after the Trump campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran.
The FBI released a brief statement on the Trump matter reading, “We can confirm the FBI is investigating this matter.”
The Trump campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran’s involvement, but the claim came shortly after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents’ attempts to interfere in the U.S. election in 2024. The report cited an instance of an Iranian military intelligence unit in June sending “a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign from a compromised email account of a former senior advisor.”
Two people familiar with the matter said the Biden-Harris campaign was also targeted in the suspected Iranian cyber intrusion that is under FBI investigation. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the details of the investigation.
Politico reported Saturday (August 10, 2024) 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 Senator J.D. Vance. The document was dated February 23, almost five months before Mr. Trump selected Mr. Vance as his running mate.
“These documents were obtained illegally” and “intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said.
At least three staffers in the Biden-Harris campaign were targeted with phishing emails, but investigators have uncovered no evidence the attempt was successful, one of the people said. The attempts came before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
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