Hackers linked to Iran have threatened to release more emails stolen from US President Donald Trump’s inner circle, after distributing a previous batch to the media ahead of the 2024 US election.
In online interviews with Reuters on Sunday and Monday, the hackers, who use the pseudonym Robert, said they had about 100 gigabytes of emails from the accounts of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan, Trump adviser Roger Stone and porn star-turned-Trump opponent Stormy Daniels.
Robert mentioned the possibility of selling the material but otherwise gave no details about his plans. The hackers did not describe the content of the emails.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi described the intrusion as a “reckless cyberattack”.
The White House and the FBI responded with a statement from FBI Director Kash Patel, who said, “Anyone connected to any type of national security breach will be fully investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“This so-called cyber ‘attack’ is nothing more than digital propaganda, and the targets are no coincidence. This is a calculated smear campaign designed to harm President Trump and discredit honorable public servants who serve our country with distinction,” the cyber defense agency CISA said in a post on X.
