Trump Campaign Hacked with Documents Sent to News Agencies: What We Know

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign fell victim to foreign hackers, the campaign itself admitted after internal review documents were emailed to newsrooms.

On Friday, Microsoft revealed that an Iranian group had sent a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking presidential campaign official. The email came from the compromised email account of a former senior adviser. It was unclear at the time which campaign was involved, but Trump posted about the intrusion on social media over the weekend.

A 271-page background check for Trump’s vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), was emailed to at least two news organizations, Political and Washington Post. A previous editorial said the document “relies on publicly available information about Vance’s past and his statements.”

The hacked document was sent from an AOL email address by a person identifying themselves only as “Robert.”

“We were just informed by Microsoft Corporation that one of our many websites has been hacked by the Iranian government – ​​never a pleasant experience!” Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social. “They could only have obtained publicly available information, but they still shouldn’t have done anything like this.”

“Iran and others will stop at nothing because our government is weak and ineffective, but that won’t last,” he continued. “Iran doesn’t realize that I will make the world a better and safer place, and that’s good for them too!”

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In addition to the vetting document for Vance, there was also one for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who was Trump’s running mate before Vance was ultimately selected.

There have been concerns that foreign players such as Russia and Iran could try to use the technology to interfere in the upcoming election, which pits Trump against Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House.