Trump campaign reportedly hacked by Iranian government
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6PXHV)
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images Former President Donald Trump confirmed his campaign was hacked just hours after Politico revealed it had been sent internal documents from the campaign. In a statement to CNN, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said, These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election."
The Trump campaign linked the hack to Iran, citing a report published by Microsoft last week that says a group run by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign." The email, which was sent using the compromised account of a former senior adviser, contained a link that routed traffic through a domain...