{"id":107780,"date":"2024-09-28T04:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107780"},"modified":"2024-09-28T04:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:17:50","slug":"iranian-operatives-charged-in-the-us-with-hacking-donald-trumps-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107780","title":{"rendered":"Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Three Iranian operatives have been <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-fbi-trump-intelligence-community-52641cd66412d7c01d73876acab3d989\">charged with hacking Donald Trump\u2019s presidential campaig<\/a><\/span> n as part of what the Justice Department says was a sweeping effort to undermine the former president and erode confidence in the U.S. electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s action, coupled with sanctions and rewards for information leading to the accused hackers\u2019 capture, is the latest U.S. government effort to call out what\u2019s seen as Iran\u2019s attempts to interfere in the election by damaging Trump and sowing general chaos. It comes as <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-assassination-election-harris-09648f806d7a7f52965782e0edc67e96\">Iran has also been accused of threatening the lives of Trump and former officials<\/a><\/span> and as US-Iran relations remain especially tense, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-09-26-2024-486f5aecac210273611124f9ade95fc6\">with Israel fighting Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendants\u2019 own words made clear that they were attempting to undermine former President Trump\u2019s campaign in advance of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. We know that Iran is continuing with its brazen efforts to stoke discord, erode confidence in the U.S. electoral process and advance its malign activities,\u201d Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference announcing the charges.<\/p>\n<p>The three accused hackers were employed by Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which cybersecurity analysts had previously linked to the intrusions. Since 2020, their operation sought to compromise the email accounts of a broad swath of targets, including a former ambassador to Israel, a former CIA deputy director, officials at the State and Defense departments, a former U.S. homeland security adviser and journalists, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>In May, prosecutors say, the defendants began trying to penetrate the Trump campaign, successfully breaking into the email accounts of campaign officials and other Trump allies. They then sought to \u201cweaponize\u201d the stolen campaign material by spreading it to media organizations and people associated with President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign in what\u2019s familiarly known as a \u201chack-and-leak\u201d operation.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. intelligence officials have said Iran opposes Trump\u2019s reelection, seeing him as more likely to increase tension between Washington and Tehran. Trump\u2019s administration <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-iran-cead755353a1455bbef08ef289448994\">ended a nuclear deal with Iran<\/a><\/span>, reimposed sanctions and ordered the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-politics-government-iraq-qassim-soleimani-3353602bd30e683afec45d8c78196886\">killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani<\/a><\/span>, an act that prompted Iran\u2019s leaders to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-tehran-international-news-iraq-e36db7c72c1adba1a6cae75091bc273d\">vow revenge<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign said earlier this week that it had been briefed by U.S. officials on \u201creal and specific\u201d Iranian assassination threats, though one official told The Associated Press that the briefing had been requested by the campaign and did not include any suggestion of a new threat against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s mission to the United Nations last month denied the allegations as \u201cunsubstantiated and devoid of any standing,\u201d saying that Iran had neither the motive nor intention to interfere with the election. It challenged the U.S. to provide evidence and said if the U.S. does so, \u201cwe will respond accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government has sought this year across multiple agencies to aggressively condemn election interference and foreign influence operations \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-trump-harris-election-russia-hack-ad5886379e67710e79d83938e52360cc\">a stark turnabout from the government\u2019s response in 2016<\/a><\/span>, when Obama administration officials were criticized for not being forthcoming about the Russian interference they were seeing on Trump\u2019s behalf as he ran against Democrat Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury Department issued sanctions Friday related to the hacking and the State Department offered rewards of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrests of the defendants, who are not in custody. FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a video statement that the FBI has been working to call out Iran\u2019s \u201caggressive behavior,\u201d <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-china-harassing-dissidents-united-states-ee48c1b9c32d187b183faaa616d9ab16\">including a plot to murder a journalist in New York City<\/a><\/span> and a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-technology-health-middle-east-e4f8e7145e4b4447a331d4b0cc5a5bd3\">ransomware attack targeting a children\u2019s hospital.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even with the recent focus on Iran, U.S. officials have said Russia remains the primary threat to the elections. The <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-justice-department-election-foreign-influence-4888f4bfc61e46173101060ad0321d2f\">Justice Department earlier this month charged two employees of RT<\/a><\/span>, the Russian-state media organization, with covertly funding a Tennessee-based content creation company with nearly $10 million to publish English-language videos on social media platforms favorable to the Russia government\u2019s interests and agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian hacking came to light after the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-campaign-hacked-036ffd3ed07cf3fe9fb74d4958808b65\">Trump campaign disclosed on Aug. 10<\/a><\/span> that it had been breached and said Iranian actors had stolen and distributed sensitive internal documents. <\/p>\n<p>Multiple major news organizations that said they were leaked confidential information from inside the Trump campaign, including Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post, declined to publish it.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. intelligence officials subsequently linked Iran to a hack of the Trump campaign and to an attempted breach of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign. They said the hack-and-dump operation was meant to sow discord, exploit divisions within American society and potentially influence the outcome of elections that Iran perceives to be \u201cparticularly consequential in terms of the impact they could have on its national security interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The indictment makes clear that the accused hackers impersonated U.S. officials and set up fake email personas to try to dupe their victims. <\/p>\n<p>Politico has reported that it began receiving emails on July 22 from an anonymous account. The source \u2014 an AOL email account identified only as \u201cRobert\u201d \u2014 passed along what appeared to be a research dossier that the campaign had apparently done on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/jd-vance\">JD Vance<\/a><\/span>. The document was dated Feb. 23, almost five months before Trump selected Vance as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-fbi-election-interference-dni-ae96f57f438772dac08e076be7aa4904\">officials also revealed that the Iranians in late June and early July<\/a><\/span> sent unsolicited emails containing excerpts of the hacked information to people associated with the Biden campaign. None of the recipients replied. The Harris campaign said the emails resembled spam or a phishing attempt and condemned the outreach by the Iranians as \u201cunwelcome and unacceptable malicious activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the emails was sent June 27, the date of the Biden-Trump debate, when a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bidentrumppresidentialdebate-0e7577e9a354a69f50675494fea54ca9\">halting performance by the president<\/a><\/span> laid the groundwork for his announcement weeks later that he would not seek reelection. An email offering the stolen information, according to the indictment, stated that the debate was likely to be Biden\u2019s \u201clast chance\u201d in the race. <\/p>\n<p>The author stated negative feelings for Trump and wrote, \u201cSo I\u2019m going to pass some materials along to you that would be useful to defeat him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hacking-iran-justice-department-1d7d83ccdc6c879be2802142f1c47191\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Three Iranian operatives have been charged with hacking Donald Trump\u2019s presidential campaig n as part of what the Justice Department says was a sweeping effort to undermine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107780\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}