The Trump marketing campaign linked the hack to Iran, citing a report published by Microsoft final week that claims a gaggle run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “despatched a spear-phishing electronic mail to a high-ranking official of a presidential marketing campaign.” The e-mail, which was despatched utilizing the compromised account of a former senior adviser, contained a hyperlink that routed site visitors by means of a site managed by the hacking group earlier than redirecting to the precise web site. Nonetheless — per its normal observe — Microsoft doesn’t point out the names of these focused by the assault.
On Saturday, Politico mentioned it obtained an nameless electronic mail containing inside analysis with public data on Trump’s operating mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, together with analysis on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who Trump additionally thought-about including to his ticket. Trump confirmed the hack in a post on Truth Social, saying that hackers solely obtained “publicly accessible data.”
Iran’s mission to the United Nations denied the nation’s involvement within the hack. It told The Associated Press, “The Iranian authorities neither possesses nor harbors any intent or motive to intervene in the US presidential election.”
