In July, the campaign legal and security teams were notified by the FBI that we were targeted by a foreign actor influence operation,
We have robust cybersecurity measures in place, and are not aware of any security breaches of our systems resulting from those efforts,
I was informed by the authorities that a couple of my personal email accounts have been compromised,
I really don't know more about it. And I'm cooperating,
Recent activity suggests the Iranian regime — along with the Kremlin — may be equally engaged in election 2024,
These documents were obtained illegally” and “intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,
Iranian cyber-enabled influence operations have been a consistent feature of at least the last three U.S. election cycles. Iran’s operations have been notable and distinguishable from Russian campaigns for appearing later in the election season and employing cyberattacks more geared toward election conduct than swaying voters.”
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!"
These latest attempts to interfere in U.S. elections are nothing new for the Iranian regime,
We do not accord any credence to such reports,
You might not like the victim here, but the adversary gives zero Fs who you like or don't like,
So we have to stand firm to ensure our cybersecurity can withstand such intrusions as we head into November,
We can confirm the FBI is investigating this matter."
Iran and others will stop at nothing, because our Government is Weak and Ineffective, but it won’t be for long,
The Intelligence Community should move with great alacrity to declassify and disclose any appropriate information it has concerning the potential foreign nature of this interference. Transparency is still our best deterrent against foreign influence operations,
There may not be a desire to collaborate all that much,
That, unfortunately, can impede — from a national security perspective — our understanding of the event and what’s happening,
They’re kind of incompetent. If they really wanted to make a good hack-and-leak operation, they could have done much better,
In addition to the characteristic hypocrisy, they just spent three weeks trying to explain they’re not weird,
That Trump is saying what is electorally convenient is not a surprise,