The FBI has launched an investigation into reports that hackers, potentially tied to Iran, may have targeted former President Donald Trump’s campaign.
Microsoft’s cyber threat assessment office issued a report on Aug. 9, assessing that a group dubbed “Mint Sandstorm” used a spear-phishing email tactic to target a high-ranking official in an unspecified U.S. presidential campaign in June. The Microsoft Threat Analysis Center assessment states that Mint Sandstorm—which Microsoft believes is a hacking group connected to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—also attempted to log into an account belonging to an unspecified former presidential candidate.
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Politico on Aug. 10 that it was Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign that was being targeted in the cyber intrusion effort….