FBI opens investigation

The US Federal Police announced that it had opened an investigation after Microsoft revealed on Thursday, August 8, that a “Presidential Campaign” It was the target in the United States of a computer hacking attempt attributed to Iranian intelligence services. Microsoft did not specify whether the Democratic or Republican parties were affected, but there is little doubt that Republican Party documents were indeed hacked.

At least three American media outlets – Politicothe New York Times and Washington Post – Received shortly before the publication of Microsoft’s report on internal Donald Trump campaign documents, which were sent by A “Anonymous informant”. The three media outlets considered the relatively unimportant documents to be likely the result of state infiltration, and chose not to publish them. The main file these outlets received was 271-page fact file on James David Vancewho was chosen to be Donald Trump's running mate, and was apparently assembled by the party to vet Mr. Vance's profile before nominating him.

According to Washington PostAt least one account of Donald Trump's inner circle has been hacked: Roger Stone. The former president's sulfurous adviser Authorities reported that two of the [ses] Personal email accounts hacked »He confessed. The accounts were then used to send booby-trapped emails to Republican Party officials, according to the FBI.

According to the American press, Trump's campaign may not have been the only one targeted: at least three employees of Kamala Harris's campaign received booby-trapped emails that investigators believe are linked to the same hacking operation. Both campaigns announced that they had strengthened their IT security measures.

In 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign was severely disrupted by the release of thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee. The hack was carried out by Russian intelligence services.