FBI Investigates Alleged Hacking Of Trump Campaign

The New York Times reports:

The F.B.I. said on Monday that it was investigating whether the Trump campaign had been hacked, days after the former president said Iran had launched a cyberattack. The bureau did not specifically name Iran or former President Donald J. Trump but referred to news reports about a “campaign cyberintrusion.”

The Trump campaign has so far provided no evidence of Iran’s involvement, but on Friday Microsoft said a hacking group run by the intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had breached the account of a “former senior adviser” to a presidential campaign.

Read the full article. As was previously reported, that “senior adviser” supposedly fell for a phishing email.

The FBI says in an updated statement it is investigating an apparent hacking incident that the Trump campaign blamed on Iran over the weekend.https://t.co/6jQFIaNXeE

— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) August 12, 2024