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Feds charge 3 Iranians with 'hack-and-leak' of Trump 2024 campaign

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STIX ID: report--f916fc93-6632-5061-a9c5-bf30c9a5fcf0

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2024-09-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The DOJ unsealed an 18-count indictment charging three IRGC-linked Iranian nationals with a prolonged, government-sponsored hacking campaign that used spear phishing and social engineering to breach email accounts of US political campaign staff, government officials, media and NGOs, steal non-public campaign documents (including Team Trump materials), and leak them to journalists; the FBI, State and Treasury have responded with charges, a $10M reward and sanctions.

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