Leaked Docs Reveal Trump Campaign Was Still Getting Hacked As Recently As Last Week, Per Report

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Hackers reportedly had access to former President Donald Trump’s campaign systems through mid-September, and evidence suggests the breach may still be ongoing.

The FBI confirmed last week that hackers believed to be linked to the Iranian regime infiltrated the Trump campaign’s systems on August 12 and targeted sensitive documents from Trump’s campaign.

At that time, the hackers sought to interest then-Democratic nominee President Joe Biden in unsolicited emails containing stolen Trump campaign documents to interfere in the 2024 election. The emails were reportedly received by several people associated with Biden’s campaign and by multiple U.S. outlets, including The New York Times and Politico.

However, journalist Judd Legum detailed in his Popular Information newsletter on Tuesday that he received a further set of documents from an anonymous source named “Robert,” which he said included internal campaign files. While some of these documents held potential news value, one newly surfaced document, dated September 15, indicates the hack is both more recent and extensive than initially thought.

The new document is a letter from the campaign and addressed to the New York Times that complains about an article in the newspaper questioning Trump’s reputation as a successful businessman.

Legum ultimately decided against publishing them, noting that “the stolen materials do not provide the public with any fundamental new insight about Trump or his campaign” but did contact the New York Times and Semafor’s Ben Smith to confirm the September 15th document’s legitimacy.

A source at the Times confirmed the document’s legitimacy to Semafor, adding weight to the concerns over the breach’s magnitude and any potential ongoing access hackers may have to campaign materials.

In a statement to Semafor about the new document, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said it did not directly address the widening scope of the hack but attacked Iran’s motivations: “Iran is terrified of the strength and resolve of President Donald J. Trump.”

Iranian officials have denied any involvement in the hack despite the FBI’s findings.