{"id":2323040,"date":"2024-08-12T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-hack-highlights-iranian-threat-to-us-elections-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:35:52","slug":"trump-campaign-hack-highlights-iranian-threat-to-us-elections-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-hack-highlights-iranian-threat-to-us-elections-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump campaign hack highlights Iranian threat to US elections &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-campaign-hack-highlights-iranian-threat-to-us-elections-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses concerns \u200draised by U.S. intelligence officials\u2062 regarding foreign interference in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-encourages-auto-industry-workers-to-vote-for-him-to-end-electric-vehicle-madness\/\" title=\"Trump urges auto industry workers to vote for him to stop electric vehicle &#039;craze&#039;.\">upcoming presidential \u200belection<\/a>, \u200cfollowing the announcement that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign was hacked by Iranian actors. Representative Eric Swalwell,\u2062 a key Democratic figure, has requested a \u2064briefing from the \u200cDepartment of Homeland Security on the incident, emphasizing \u200dthe importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-aims-to-close-loopholes-to-ensure-u-s-elections-are-free-from-foreign-influence\/\" title=\"Proposed Bill Targets Securing U.S. Elections from Foreign Influence\">preventing foreign interference<\/a> regardless of political views. Rep. Adam Schiff also\u2064 called for a\u2062 swift release of\u200b information related\u200d to the\u2064 hack. The\u200b Trump campaign confirmed the\u200d breach, which included leaked \u2062documents, and Microsoft highlighted attempts\u2063 by\u2062 Iranian groups using phishing \u200ctactics to\u200c target campaign officials. Experts noted vulnerabilities in \u2064the campaign&#8217;s email security which could have facilitated \u2062the hacking. The situation raises alarms\u200d about potential broader influence \u2062campaigns from Iran, particularly aimed at impacting \u200dvoters in swing states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump campaign hack highlights Iranian threat to US elections<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1707862\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Top U.S. intelligence experts and officials are worried hostile foreign actors are working to influence the presidential election after former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign reported it was hacked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iran<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee&rsquo;s cybersecurity subcommittee and has requested a briefing from the Department of Homeland Security into the hacking debacle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am seeking a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>@DHSgov<\/a> briefing on the alleged hack of Trump&rsquo;s presidential campaign. Yes, Trump is the most despicable person ever to seek office. He also sought foreign hacking in a past election. But that doesn&rsquo;t mean America ever tolerates foreign interference,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/x.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1822431866428748021__;!!M9LbjjnYNg9jBDflsQ!Cv7KUjpcDx-Zqos9RupfaYa7d2QpOajxlExq1NABUoM-9hNgPY1ZdxNx4zj2GVkm_pb3mqSTNi7z97KpIppP7ieX%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Saturday on X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, joined Swalwell&rsquo;s calls for further scrutiny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The intelligence community should move with great alacrity to declassify and disclose any appropriate information it has concerning the potential foreign nature of this interference,&rdquo; Schiff <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepAdamSchiff\/status\/1822419019091112354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3117910\/trump-campaign-hacked-documents-sent-news-outlets-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>confirmed<\/a> Saturday that it was hacked after a 271-page vetting document about Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), from &ldquo;Robert&rdquo; was shared with<em> Politico<\/em> and the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. The campaign said it believed Trump was being targeted by the Iranians, pointing to a report from Microsoft that stated it notified a presidential campaign that a group affiliated with the&nbsp; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence unit sent a spear phishing email to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles &#039;Anonymous&#039; Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">high-ranking official<\/a> on the campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the two outlets swiftly shared the information they received from the alleged Iranian hacker with the Trump campaign, the founding head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is worried that Iran could target less reputable media sites in an effort to derail the 2024 presidential election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, center, and the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group Ziyad Nakhaleh during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. A portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs on the wall. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Pink slime&rsquo; and fake sites are in their repertoire, so it&rsquo;s possible that information gets posted in other fora if U.S. media outlets hold back,&rdquo; Chris Krebs<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/08\/11\/trump-hack-iran-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s possible they do both.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Email security experts told the outlet they believed the Trump campaign staffers&rsquo; email accounts were vulnerable to cyberattacks.&nbsp;Publicly available email exchange records lacked DMARC, a security system that would make sure an email sender with a Trump campaign address was a verified staffer, according to the experts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 election, the U.S. government charged two Iranian nationals with engaging in voter intimidation and election interference as they tried to undermine the Trump campaign. Last month, government authorities reported intelligence that Iran was plotting to assassinate Trump. <\/p>\n<p>The hack into Trump&rsquo;s campaign last week came the day after Microsoft warned Iran is working to &ldquo;sway voters&rdquo; in swing states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the sites, called Nio Thinker, caters to left-leaning audiences and insults former president Donald Trump, calling him an &lsquo;opioid-pilled elephant in the MAGA china shop&rsquo; and a &lsquo;raving mad litigiosaur,&#8217;&rdquo; Clint Watts, general manager of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/on-the-issues\/2024\/08\/08\/iran-targeting-2024-us-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> in the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft report said Iran has &ldquo;laid the groundwork for influence campaigns on trending election-related topics and begun to activate these campaigns in an apparent effort to stir up controversy or sway voters&mdash;especially in swing states.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Krebs worried about &ldquo;foreign sources&rdquo; going &ldquo;after election systems&rdquo; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/C_C_Krebs\/status\/1822349448380318005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Someone is running the 2016 playbook, expect continued efforts to stoke fires in society and go after election systems &mdash; 95% votes on paper ballots is a strong resilience measure, combined with audits,&rdquo; he said Saturday. &ldquo;But the chaos is the point &hellip; .&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rich Goldberg, a former Trump National Security Council official, was quick to add his concerns about Iran infiltrating the Trump campaign. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The regime is already trying to assassinate Trump and former senior members of his administration, so I don&rsquo;t think anyone should be surprised it would hack the campaign to try to influence the election,&rdquo; Goldberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/iran-emerges-as-the-most-aggressive-foreign-threat-to-u-s-election-b61161ad?mod=hp_lead_pos6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>. He now works at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the FBI and the Trump campaign, as well as Swalwell and Schiff&rsquo;s offices, for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1707862\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1707862\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent hacking of Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign by Iranian actors has raised alarms among U.S. intelligence officials and experts about potential foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who leads the cybersecurity subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee, has requested a briefing from the Department of Homeland Security regarding this incident. He stated on X that while he finds Trump to be a reprehensible figure, it is crucial for America to reject any form of foreign meddling.<\/p>\n<p>Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) echoed Swalwell&#8217;s concerns, urging the intelligence community to quickly declassify and share relevant information about this interference. Trump&#8217;s campaign confirmed it was hacked after a 271-page document concerning his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), was leaked to Politico and The Washington Post. The campaign suspects that Iran is targeting Trump, referencing a Microsoft report indicating that an entity linked to Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent phishing emails aimed at high-ranking campaign officials.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Krebs, former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, expressed concern that Iran might exploit less credible media outlets if mainstream U.S. media refrains from reporting on these issues. Email security specialists noted vulnerabilities in Trump campaign staffers&#8217; email accounts due to inadequate security measures like DMARC.<\/p>\n<p>In previous elections, two Iranian nationals were charged with voter intimidation and election interference against Trump&#8217;s campaign in 2020; more recently, there were reports suggesting Iran was plotting an assassination against him. The hack occurred shortly after Microsoft warned about Iranian efforts to influence voters in key swing states through various online platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Krebs cautioned against foreign entities targeting election systems while emphasizing that maintaining paper ballots combined with audits could enhance resilience against such threats. Rich Goldberg, formerly with Trump&#8217;s National Security Council now at a think tank focused on defense issues, also highlighted concerns over Iran&#8217;s attempts to undermine Trump&#8217;s candidacy through hacking efforts given their previous threats against him and his administration members.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reached out for comments from both the FBI and representatives from Trump\u2019s camp as well as Swalwell\u2019s and Schiff\u2019s offices regarding these developments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2323041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24213194466177.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34382,11208,3823,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2323040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-security","tag-hacking","tag-iran","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24213194466177.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}