Security News > 2024 > August > Trump campaign cites Iran election phish claim as evidence leaked docs were stolen

Former US president Donald Trump's re-election campaign has claimed it's been the victim of a cyber attack.

The claim was made after US outlet Politico reported an anonymous email account sent it a dossier of information sourced from within the campaign operation, but the entity who sent the docs declined to explain how they came by the info.

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Politico the documents were "Obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States" as part of a plan to interfere in forthcoming US elections.

Microsoft has not said which campaign was targeted by the activity it observed - but The Washington Post has reported the Trump campaign was the target of the activity Microsoft described.

The Register is unaware of any evidence that the Iranian phishing expedition succeeded, or was the source of the documents sent to Politico.

Cheung appears not to have evidence the leaked documents were the result of action by a foreign actor.

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