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Iran-related hackers threaten the e-mails of stolen Trump officials

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A cyber-group linked to Iran threatens to release a mine of email which he claims to have stolen from the best officials of Trump and allies.

The pirates previously published a lot of emails stolen from the media during the 2024 campaign.

Under the pseudonym Robert, the pirates told Reuters for the first time that they had around 100 email gigabytes from the Chief of the White House, Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump Roger Stone, Trump’s lawyer Lindsey Halligan and Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claims to have had a connection with Trump.

The Attorney General Pam Bondi described the hack as “unreasonable cyber attack” and said that government agencies were trying to “protect civil servants targeted by this Voyou group”.

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President Donald Trump and chief of staff Susan Wiles

Iran would have hacked the emails of the Chief of Staff of the White House Susan Wiles. (John McDonnell / For the Washington Post via Getty Images)

FBI director Kash Patel Added in a press release, “safeguarding the ability of our officials of our administration to communicate safely to accomplish the president’s mission is an absolute priority”.

“Anyone associated with any kind of violation of national security will be fully the subject of a survey and prosecution to the extent of the law.”

Marci McCarthy, spokesperson for Cyber ​​and Infrastructure Security Agency, called the Iranian threat “an effort to distract, discredit and divide”.

“These criminals will be brought to justice,” she said in a statement. “”Whether it is a warning for others, there will be no refuge, tolerance or leniency for these actions. “”

The supreme chief of Iran, Ali Khamenei, addresses the media during the voting of the elections in Parliament in Tehran, Iran, on May 10, 2024.

Iran, led by the supreme chief Ali Khamenei, could seek indirect means of punishing the United States for strikes on its nuclear sites. (Photo of Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu via Getty Images)

“A hostile foreign adversary threatens to illegally exploit matters allegedly stolen and not verified in order to distract, discredit and divide. This so-called` cyberattack ” is nothing more than digital propaganda, and targets are no coincidence. ”

Last summer, at the height of the 2024 elections, from pirates linked to Iran sent stolen equipment to the Trump campaign to individuals associated with the Biden campaign and American media organizations. In an indictment in September, the Biden Ministry of Justice accused three members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard of being behind the flight.

In May, the pirates behind “Robert” pointed out to Reuters that they would no longer run away from documents. “I am retired, guy.”

However, the group contacted Israel and the United States attacked Iranian nuclear sites. They said they were organizing a stolen communications sale and asked Reuters to have it published.

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The United States struck three Iranian nuclear sites on June 21, 2025. (Fox News)

American cyber-responsible warned on Monday that US companies and critical infrastructure operators could still be in Iran’s reticle. Experts have suggested that Iran can seek non-military means to punish the United States for its strikes.

“Despite a declared ceasefire and ongoing negotiations towards a permanent solution, cyber-actors and hacktivist groups affiliated to Irano could still lead a malicious cyber-activity,” American agencies said in an opinion.

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The new threat comes as Trump insists that he does not speak to Iran and did not give them anything for nuclear negotiations. He said that Iran’s installations were “completely erased”.

David Spunt of Fox News contributed to this report.

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