According to the office of US presidential candidate Donald Trump, some of the campaign’s internal communications were hacked by Iran. Documents were illegally obtained from foreign sources hostile to the United States in order to disrupt the 2024 election and sow chaos in the democratic process.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung issued a statement Saturday without providing evidence of a direct Iranian connection.
The news website Politico previously reported that it had received emails from an anonymous Trump-related account. This also included a report on the “vulnerabilities” of Trump’s vice presidential nominee, J.D. Vance.
Hackers hijacked the account of former political advisor
Trump’s campaign on Friday cited a report from Microsoft that hackers with ties to the Iranian government attempted to gain access to the account of a “senior official” of the U.S. presidential campaign in June. The hackers took over the account of a former political adviser and then used it to attack the official, the report said, which did not provide details about the identity of the target.
Trump’s relationship with Iran is tense
“Iranians know that President Trump will end their reign of terror, just as he did in his first four years in the White House,” Cheung wrote on Saturday. Trump had strained relations with Iran during his term as US president. Under him, the US assassinated Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020 and withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.
A few weeks ago, Trump survived an assassination attempt. Although there was no evidence that the perpetrator had ties to Iran, CNN reported in July that the US had intelligence of an Iranian plot against Trump. Iran has denied such allegations.
Russia Supports Trump, Iran Supports Democrats
In late July, a senior U.S. intelligence official told reporters that Iran and Russia would maintain their preferences for U.S. elections, as they had in previous cycles. Iranian agents were trying to harm Republicans, Russia was trying to smear Democrats. Trump is running as a Republican candidate in the November election, while U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is running as a Democratic candidate
Source: Krone
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