Trump campaign allegedly hacked by Iranian government

The Trump campaign linked the hack to Iran, citing a report published by Microsoft last week, which says a group run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “sent a spearphishing email to a senior presidential campaign official.” The email, sent from the compromised account of a former senior advisor, contained a link that directed traffic through a domain controlled by the hacking group before redirecting to the real website. However – in line with its usual practice – Microsoft does not mention the names of the people targeted by the attack.

On Saturday, Political said he received an anonymous email containing internal research with public information about Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, along with research about Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who Trump also considered adding to his ticket. Trump confirmed the hack in a post on Truth Socialsaying the hackers only obtained “publicly available information.”

Iran’s mission to the United Nations denied the country’s involvement in the hack. This counted THE Associated press“The Iranian government does not have or harbor any intention or motive to interfere in the United States presidential election.”