The Trump campaign linked the hack to Iran, citing a report published by Microsoft last week that says a group run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “sent a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign.” The email, which was sent using the compromised account of a former senior adviser, contained a link that routed traffic through a domain controlled by the hacking group before redirecting to the actual website. However — per its usual practice — Microsoft doesn’t mention the names of those targeted by the attack.
On Saturday, Politico said it received an anonymous email containing internal research with public information on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, along with research on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who Trump also considered adding to his ticket. Trump confirmed the hack in a post on Truth Social, saying that hackers only obtained “publicly available information.”
Iran’s mission to the United Nations denied the country’s involvement in the hack. It told The Associated Press, “The Iranian government neither possesses nor harbors any intent or motive to interfere in the United States presidential election.”
