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Donald Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign Data Breach Aug 2024

No known CVEs used

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Security Incident Summary

Severity Score

Significant to High

Organization

Donald Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign

Threat Actor

APT42

aka

Actor Type

APT

Type of Breach

Phishing Attack

News Timeline

Sep 27, 2024

Additional Reports

Feds charge 3 Iranians with 'hack-and-leak' of Trump 2024 campaign go.theregister.com - The unsealed indictment has revealed that three accused Iranian hackers, Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yasar Balaghi, allegedly accessed and leaked non-public documents from Donald Trump's 2...
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Sep 19, 2024

Additional Reports

Feds: Hacked Trump Campaign Data Sent by Iran to Biden Campaign msspalert.com - Iranian threat actors sent non-public information stolen from Donald Trump's campaign to individuals associated with Joe Biden's campaign before Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race in early ...
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Sep 13, 2024

Additional Report

US Indictment Reportedly Mulled Against Iranian Hack of Trump Campaign msspalert.com - The Justice Department is reportedly preparing criminal charges against Iranian individuals for the late July cyberattack on former President Donald Trump's campaign. The forthcoming indictment unders...
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Aug 21, 2024

Additional Reports

Iranian cyberespionage group deploys new BlackSmith malware in sophisticated spear-phishing campaign csoonline.com - TA453, also known as APT42, has introduced a new multifunctional malware toolkit called BlackSmith, which compiles features from their previous tools into a PowerShell-based trojan named AnvilEcho. Th...
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Aug 20, 2024

Additional Report

Iran named as source of Trump campaign phish, leaks go.theregister.com - Iran has been identified as the likely source of a phishing attack that targeted Donald Trump's presidential campaign, leading to the compromise and leakage of campaign documents through Roger Stone's...
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Additional Report

Trump Spreads Swift, Musk Deepfakes as Iran is Fingered for Targeting Presidential Campaigns thecyberexpress.com - Iranian cyberoperations are ramping up their attacks on U.S. presidential campaigns, notably targeting Donald Trump’s campaign through social engineering and unauthorized data access, aiming to manipu...
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Aug 13, 2024

Additional Reports

FBI Says It Is Investigating After Trump Campaign Said Sensitive Documents Were Hacked by Iran securityweek.com - The investigation into the cyber intrusion targeting the Trump campaign revealed that hackers had obtained sensitive documents back in February, months before they were leaked to the public. Furthermo...
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Aug 12, 2024

Additional Reports

Trump campaign cites Iran election phish claim as evidence leaked docs were stolen go.theregister.com - The Trump re-election campaign has claimed that documents sourced from within the campaign were obtained through illegal means by foreign sources hostile to the United States, though no specific evide...
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Additional Reports

Trump campaign suffers sensitive data breach in alleged Iranian hack csoonline.com - Iranian actors successfully targeted the re-election campaign for former US President Donald Trump in a phishing operation, using a spear-phishing email from a compromised account to gain access to se...
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Aug 11, 2024

Initial Disclosure

Donald Trump’s Campaign Says Its Emails Were Hacked securityweek.com - The Trump campaign revealed that its systems were breached, possibly by Iranian actors, who obtained and distributed internal documents including a research dossier on VP nominee JD Vance. Notably, th...
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Additional Reports

Trump Campaign Accuses Iranian Hackers of Internal Document Theft thecyberexpress.com - New information indicates that an anonymous source using the alias “Robert” and an AOL email address has been leaking internal Trump campaign documents to POLITICO since July 22. Additionally, Microso...
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Additional Reports

Foreign nation-state actors hacked Donald Trump’s campaign securityaffairs.com - The Trump presidential campaign's email system was compromised by what they suspect are Iran-linked threat actors, leading to the unauthorized acquisition and distribution of sensitive internal docume...
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Organization Details

Organization Size

HQ Location

Washington, D.C.

Industry

Governments

Security Stack used by Donald Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign at time of breach (best approximation) Why?

Network Security

VPN/SASE

IDS/IPS

Endpoint Security

EDR

MDM

Identity Management

SSO / MFA

IGA

Application Security

WAF

SCA

Cloud Security

CASB

CWPP

SIEM / Threat Intel

SIEM

TIP

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What is Donald Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign?

The Donald Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign marks the former President's third bid for the White House, following his campaigns in 2016 and 2020. The campaign's primary purpose is to secure the Republican nomination and ultimately win the presidency in the 2024 elections. Trump announced his intent ...
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Security Incident Summary

Severity Score

Insignificant

Organization

Threat Actor

Actor Type

Type of Breach

Organization Details

Organization Size

HQ Location

Industry