Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iranian group
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Saturday said that it had been hacked by an Iranian group in June, Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told NBC News.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Saturday said that it had been hacked by an Iranian group in June, “which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a Vice Presidential nominee,” Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told NBC News.
The hack was first reported by Politico, and NBC News has not independently verified that the hack took place or where it originated. Politico said it began receiving emails from an anonymous account sharing internal documents from the Trump campaign in July.
The documents included research papers on at least two of the contenders to be Trump’s running mate, including the eventual GOP vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio.
“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.
Cheung pointed to a Microsoft report released Friday that said an “Iranian group, this one connected with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign.”
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