CNN —The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able to compromise the personal email account of someone associated with the campaign, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
The hackers used access to the breached personal email account to try to break into the account of a senior Trump campaign official as part of a persistent effort to access campaign networks, one of the sources said.
The FBI also briefed the Biden-Harris campaign in June about Iranian hackers targeting that campaign, one of the sources said.
The FBI said in a statement Monday that it was investigating the reported cyberattack on the Trump campaign but declined to comment further.
But the techniques used by the hackers to target the Trump campaign match those associated with Iranian hackers, according to one source familiar with the matter.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, “, Avril Haines, CNN’s Zachary Cohen
Organizations:
CNN, FBI, Trump, Microsoft, Biden, stoke
Locations:
Iran, Israel