By Kanishka Singh and Nathan Layne
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The marketing campaign of Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday a few of its inner communications have been hacked and blamed the Iranian authorities, citing previous hostilities between Trump and Iran with out offering direct proof.
The marketing campaign assertion got here after information web site Politico mentioned it started receiving emails from an nameless account with paperwork from inside Trump’s operation.
“These paperwork have been obtained illegally from overseas sources hostile to america, meant to intrude with the 2024 election and sow chaos all through our Democratic course of,” Trump marketing campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung mentioned in an announcement.
The Trump marketing campaign referred to a Friday report from Microsoft (NASDAQ:) researchers that mentioned Iran government-tied hackers tried breaking into the account of a “high-ranking official” on the U.S. presidential marketing campaign in June. That report didn’t present additional particulars on the official’s identification.
“The Iranians know that President Trump will cease their reign of terror similar to he did in his first 4 years within the White Home,” Cheung mentioned.
The previous president had tense relations with Iran whereas in workplace. Below Trump, america killed Iranian navy commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020 and withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.
Trump survived an assassination try in July. Whereas there have been no options that the suspect was linked to Iran, CNN reported final month that the U.S. had intelligence about an Iranian plot towards Trump. Iran has denied such fees.
