Trump’s election campaign hacked – blames Iran – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The statement from Trump’s campaign staff came on Saturday. It happened shortly after Politico reported that on July 22 they received emails from an anonymous source offering real documents from inside Trump’s campaign apparatus. Among other things, the documents must contain a report on vice-presidential candidate JD Vance’s “potential vulnerabilities”. – These documents were acquired illegally by foreign sources who are hostile to the United States. And who intend to interfere in the 2024 election. And spread chaos in our democratic process, says Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung in a statement. Donald Trump (right) and vice presidential candidate JD Vance. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP / NTB Microsoft confirms hacking The Trump campaign refers to a report from Microsoft. In the report published on Friday, the company claims that hackers with ties to Iran allegedly tried to break into email offices belonging to a “senior official” in the US presidential election campaign. The hackers managed to take control of an e-mail account belonging to a former political adviser and then used this account to attack the official by using phishing tactics, according to Microsoft’s description. Iran denies that it is behind Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not responded to Reuters’ inquiries about the matter. But the country’s UN delegation in New York commented on the report when asked by the news agency. The answer is that Iran’s cyber activities are “defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces”, and that Iran has no plans to carry out cyber attacks. – The US presidential election is an internal affair in which Iran does not interfere, states the UN delegation. Published 11.08.2024, at 04.58 Updated 11.08.2024, at 09.26



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