Donald Trump’s campaign claims that some of its internal communications have been hacked.According to the campaign, the hack was orchestrated by “foreign sources hostile to the United States.” Specifically, the campaign blames Iranian hackers that “sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign,” Politico reports.“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Politico. “On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found that Iranian hackers broke into the account of a ‘high ranking official’ on the U.S. presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential nominee.”Politico says it began receiving emails on July 22 from an anonymous account sharing what appeared to be internal communications from within the Trump campaign, including a dossier on Senator JD Vance. The hacker used an AOL email address and asked to be referred to as simply “Robert.”In a report Thursday, Microsoft said that Iran is secretly harnessing generative A.I. to publish news articles to influence U.S. voters. Microsoft’s report also documents how suspected Russian and Chinese groups are meddling in the U.S. election by spreading propaganda on social media.
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