Chinese hackers tried to hack Trump and Vance’s cell phone data

The US government is investigating unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by Chinese hackers, including the Trump campaign.

The campaign was informed this week of the possible breach of cellphones used by former President Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, the New York Times reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

“After identifying specific malicious activity targeting the industry, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) immediately notified affected companies, provided technical assistance, and quickly shared information to identify other potential victims. help,” the FBI and CISA told Fox. News Digital in a joint statement.

The FBI and CISA said the investigation was ongoing and “we encourage any organization that believes it may be a victim to contact its local FBI field office or CISA. Agencies across the U.S. government are working together to aggressively mitigate this threat and strengthen coordination with our industry partners cyber defense in the commercial communications sector.”

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The anonymous officials said investigators are working to find out whether any data from the campaign was stolen, adding that other people in the U.S. government may have been targeted by the attackers.

The Trump campaign blamed the Biden administration and Vice President Kamala Harris for the attack.

“This is the continuation of election meddling by Kamala Harris and the Democrats who will stop at nothing, including encouraging China and Iran to attack critical US infrastructure, to prevent President Trump from returning to the White House,” said Steven Cheung , communications director for the Trump campaign. , Fox News Digital told Friday.

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“Their dangerous and violent rhetoric has given permission to those who wish to harm President Trump,” Cheung added. “They have now stood by and allowed major foreign adversaries to attack us to help Kamala illegally because they know she represents a weak American who will always bow down.” While President Trump will actually stand up to our enemies and defend the United States. of all aggression.”

The news comes months after the Trump campaign said campaign data was targeted hackers from Iran.

In September, three hackers linked to Iran were charged in connection with a hacking plot against the Trump campaign.

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The three hackers, who are accused of working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were reportedly “involved in an extensive hacking campaign that used spear-phishing and social engineering techniques to target the accounts of current and former U.S. government officials and compromise. members of the media, non-governmental organizations, and individuals involved in U.S. political campaigns.”

“These documents were illegally obtained from foreign sources hostile to the United States with the intent to disrupt the 2024 election and sow chaos in our democratic process,” Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in August after Politico had reported that the campaign had been targeted via spearfishing.

Fox News Digital has also reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.

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This is not the first election cycle in which a foreign power has tried to influence the election through hacking.

In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and the DNC infamously had their emails hacked by Russia and released via Wikileaks during the election.