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Multiple Iranians have been indicted in connection with the hacking of President Donald Trump’s campaign, according to a new report.
The Justice Department is expected to announce charges sometime Friday with more details regarding the names and charges in the case, according to an ABC News report.
“Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure President Trump is protected and the election is free from interference,” Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement to Newsmax.
The source of the hacking incident reportedly involved a phishing email in June to a high-ranking official in Trump’s presidential campaign, according to Microsoft in August.
As RSBN previously reported, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and other agencies announced earlier this month that Iranian hackers shared private Trump campaign information with President Joe Biden’s campaign in June and July. The agencies shared the details in a statement from the FBI National Press Office concerning the election integrity issue.
“Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails,” the statement read.
“There is currently no information indicating those recipients replied. Furthermore, Iranian malicious cyber actors have continued their efforts since June to send stolen, non-public material associated with former President Trump’s campaign to U.S. media organizations,” it continued.
Trump spoke out on the issue on his Truth Social account in August.
“We were just informed by Microsoft Corporation that one of our many websites was hacked by the Iranian Government – Never a nice thing to do!” Trump said. “They were only able to get publicly available information but, nevertheless, they shouldn’t be doing anything of this nature,” Trump wrote.
One Pakistani national has also been indicted in an Iranian-connected assassination plot against Trump. Other Iranian assassination plots have been mentioned with no other details released. Iran’s government has denied any involvement.