A large number of Iranians have been indicted in the US in a major lawsuit jury for a cyber attack against the campaign headquarters of the presidential candidate of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, reported the edition "Politico" today, quoted by Reuters and BTA.
The federal charges stem from an Iranian operation allegedly aimed at stealing internal communications from Trump's campaign headquarters this summer, Politico was told. three people familiar with the progress of the investigation.
Stolen materials from the Trump campaign were later sent to journalists and individuals associated with President Joe Biden's campaign staff before Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, notes "Politico".
The publication states that the names of the accused and the specific charges will become clear later. "Politico" reports that a grand jury unanimously approved the indictment today and that the US Department of Justice is expected to announce the charges later today.
The Justice Department and Trump's campaign headquarters declined to comment.
Last month, Trump's campaign headquarters confirmed that it had been hacked after "Politico" and other media obtained internal staff documents from an anonymous email account, including a research file on Sen. JD Vance, Trump's vice presidential nominee. The campaign headquarters blamed Tehran for the breach. In a report by "Microsoft" on August 8, Iranian hackers are said to have “sent "spear phishing" email in June to a senior official in the presidential candidate's staff“.
This month, US security services released an unusual statement saying the Iranians had sent materials stolen from the former president's campaign to people associated with Biden's re-election team (which later became the of Harris). The statement said there was no indication that the recipients had responded.
The cybersecurity department of "Google" said the Iranians also tried to hack into Biden's headquarters, but there was no indication that those attempts were successful.