Iran-linked hackers threaten to release new trove of emails stolen from Trump's inner circle after strikes
An Iran-linked cyber group is threatening to release a trove of emails it suggests to have stolen from top Trump bureaucrats and allies The hackers previously disclosed a batch of stolen emails to the media during the campaign Under the pseudonym Robert the hackers first described Reuters they had roughly gigabytes of emails from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles President Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan and Stormy Daniels the porn star who proposes to have had an affair with Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi called the hack an unconscionable cyberattack and reported administration agencies would work to protect the administrators targeted by this rogue group FBI EXAMINING IRAN STRIKE LEAKER LEAVITT SAYS 'THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE'FBI Director Kash Patel added in a message Safeguarding our administration officials' ability to securely communicate to accomplish the president's mission is a top priority Anyone associated with any kind of breach of national protection will be fully investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law Marci McCarthy spokesperson for the Cyber and Infrastructure Guard Agency called Iran's threat an effort to distract discredit and divide These criminals will be brought to justice she reported in a comment Last summer at the height of the voting Iranian-linked hackers sent material stolen from the Trump campaign to individuals associated with the Biden campaign and to U S media organizations In an indictment in September the Biden Justice Department accused three members of Iran s Revolutionary Guard Corps of being behind the leak In May the hackers behind Robert signaled to Reuters they would not be leaking any more documents I am retired man However the group reached back out after Israel and the U S attacked Iran s nuclear sites They mentioned they were organizing a sale of the stolen communications and solicited Reuters to publicize it AMERICANS VULNERABLE TO CYBERATTACKS LONE WOLF THREATS IN WAKE OF IRANIAN AIRSTRIKES FORMER FBI AGENTU S cyber agents warned on Monday that U S companies and critical infrastructure operators may still be in Iran s crosshairs Experts have suggested Iran may be looking for non-military avenues to punish the U S for its strikes Despite a declared ceasefire and ongoing negotiations towards a permanent explanation Iranian-affiliated cyber actors and hacktivist groups may still conduct malicious cyber activity U S agencies commented in an advisory CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe new threat comes as Trump insists he is not speaking to Iran and has offered them nothing for nuclear negotiations He has reported Iran's facilities were totally obliterated Fox News' David Spunt contributed to this description
