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Trump's campaign confirms it was hacked, blames Iran for data breach
2024-08-12
[NYPOST] Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
's campaign said Saturday that it had been hacked and blamed Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
for breaking into its data, days after Microsoft revealed the terror-backing nation has been ramping up online activity in an attempt to influence the US election.

Trump front man Steven Cheung made the announcement following report from Politico that said the outlet had received anonymous emails that included documents from inside Trump's campaign operation.

The campaign cited the report from Microsoft on Friday that said a presidential campaign had been targeted with an email phishing attack in June, according to reports.

"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," he continued.

"The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House," he added.

Cheung declined to say if there was further information to substantiate Iran’s involvement.

He noted that the hack came "after recent reports of an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump around the same time as the Butler, PA tragedy." Trump was maimed July 13 in an liquidation attempt during a rally in the western Pennsylvania town.

Politico reported it began receiving purported communications on July 22 from a "senior Trump campaign official" that included vetting documents related to Trump’s pick for Vice President, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.

The documents, which insiders confirmed to Politico are authentic, detailed Vance’s record and past statements and "potential vulnerabilities" and were dated from February.

The emails were from an anonymous AOL account from a person who identified himself only as "Robert."

When asked how he came into possession of the sensitive materials, he gave an ominous response.

"I suggest you don’t be curious about where I got them from. Any answer to this question, will compromise me and also legally restricts you from publishing them," Politico reported.

US intelligence has reportedly found increasing evidence that Iran has been working on retaliation plots against Trump related to the 2020 liquidation of Qassem Soleimani
, the leader of the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Trump maintained Soleimani was the architect of attacks on US troops in the Middle East that resulted in hundreds of casualties.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 5, 2024
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-08-12 17:59  

#8  National People's Radio did a piece today on the Trump campaign's claim that it was hacked. The story concluded with the now standard "Trump offered no evidence" meme.

The next story, literally the next story, was about an "intelligence service" report that the Iranians ran an email phishing campaign against one of the presidential candidates in 2024. 2024, if I am not mistaken, is this year. No mention of which candidate that might have been.

I could never be a journalist. I have too much curiosity.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-08-12 15:44  

#7  I wonder if the pallets of cash are funding the massive numbers of mysterious thousands in individual cash contributions to Act Blue by old people who live on small fixed incomes?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-08-12 14:03  

#6  Try having your own server in the locker room at Mar-a-largo next time.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton   2024-08-12 12:59  

#5  They were using Microsoft? That'll teach 'em.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-08-12 12:38  

#4  It's no good blaming Iran. Your cyber security has to be able to fend off attacks from rogue states like that.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-08-12 12:36  

#3  /\ It's there alright. Litte digging required.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-08-12 07:54  

#2  .....oh, the people who keep sending Iran pallets of money.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-08-12 07:43  

#1  
Would not surprise me if deeper digging unearthed a DC Swamp _ _ _ connection.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-08-12 07:02  

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