FBI Officially Gets Involved After Trump Campaign Is Breached by Foreign Operatives

Conservative News DailyAugust 13, 2024

The FBI is currently investigating a cyber-breach of the Trump campaign’s communications,⁣ reportedly⁢ linked to Iranian hackers. This follows a Microsoft announcement indicating that an‍ unnamed presidential campaign had been infiltrated, leading the Trump campaign to confirm it had also experienced a similar attack.⁢ A preliminary dossier related to Republican⁢ Sen. J.D. ‌Vance was⁤ leaked as part of this incident.

The FBI acknowledged their investigation into⁢ this cyber intrusion, while the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris claimed to have not faced any cybersecurity issues. Interestingly, the Iranian hackers also attempted to breach the Biden-Harris campaign when Joe Biden was a candidate, although there is no evidence that those attempts were successful. The Biden campaign had experienced spear-phishing ⁣attacks aimed at providing hackers access to campaign communications.

Moreover, attempts‍ to breach the communications of Trump’s ally, Roger Stone, ‍were also reported, with a malicious link potentially leading to compromised messages. ⁢Microsoft documented the method of attack: Iranian hackers sent spear-phishing emails to senior campaign⁣ officials from a compromised account. Additionally, the report suggested other Iranian groups are involved in‍ election ‌interference, aimed at inflaming political tensions and potentially inciting violence, indicating a broader strategy to⁣ undermine electoral integrity and create chaos.

The FBI is investigating the cyber-breach of the Trump campaign’s communications that is believed to be the work of Iranian hackers.

Last week, shortly after Microsoft announced that a presidential campaign had been breached by Iranian hackers, the Trump campaign said it had been attacked. That came after a preliminary dossier on Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio , the running mate of former President Donald Trump, was leaked to the media.

“FBI is investigating the recent cyber intrusion into the Trump campaign. We can now confirm that the FBI is investigating,” the FBI said in a statement, according to Fox News.

The campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris said it has had no cybersecurity issues.

However, Iranian hackers were also trying to breach the Biden-Harris campaign at a time when President Joe Biden was still a candidate, The Washington Post reported, citing sources it did not name.

The Post report said three Biden-Harris staffers received campaign spear-phishing s designed to allow a hacker access to a user’s communications, but no evidence has been found that those attempts succeeded.

The FBI began investigating after Biden’s campaign was targeted, the Post reported.

The Post report noted that after the Trump campaign realized it had been breached, it did not contact the FBI due to trust issues.

Additionally, the Post report said the s of Trump ally Roger Stone were breached.

In its scenario, s from Stone’s account sent to the Trump campaign included a link that, if clicked on, gave Iran access to the user’s s.

“I was informed by the authorities that a couple of my personal accounts have been compromised,” Stone told the Post. “I really don’t know more about it. And I’m cooperating. It’s all very strange.”

On Friday, Microsoft indicated how the campaign was compromised.

It said that as “Iranian group, this one connected with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, sent a spear phishing in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign from the compromised account of a former senior advisor.”

“The contained a link that would direct traffic through a domain controlled by the group before routing to the website of the provided link. Within days of this activity, the same group unsuccessfully attempted to log into an account belonging to a former presidential candidate. We’ve since notified those targeted,” Microsoft wrote.

The Microsoft bulletin noted that a separate Iranian group is collecting “strategic intelligence … particularly in satellite, defense, and health sectors with some targeting of US government organizations, often in swing states.”

The report said two other Iranian groups were also interfering in the election. One group was trying to inflame voter opinions are each end of the political spectrum.

Another group, Microsoft said, “may be setting itself up for activities that are even more extreme, including intimidation or inciting violence against political figures or groups, with the ultimate goals of inciting chaos, undermining authorities, and sowing doubt about election integrity.”