Washington: Iran-bound hackers have threatened to reveal more emails stolen from President Donald Trump’s circle after distributing a former batch to the media ahead of the US election in 2024.
In online chats with Reuters On Sunday and Monday, the hackers-at help of the pseudonym “Robert”-they had about 100 gigabytes of emails taken from accounts belonging to white house chief Susie Wiles, Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan, Trump Advisor Roger Stone and adult film actor-facing trumpet.
Robert mentioned that they might be able to sell the data, but offered no clear details about their plans. The group did not reveal the content of E emails.
American legal lawyer Pam Bondi called hacking “an unconscious cyber attack”.
The White House and the FBI stated that the FBI Director Kash Patel said, “Anyone who is associated with any form of violation of national security will be fully investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Halligan, Stone, a representative of Daniels and the US Cyberdefence -Agency CISA did not respond to requests for comment. Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not respond either. Tehran has previously denied involvement in cyber spy.
The Hacker Group Robert arose in the last months of the presidential campaign in 2024 and claimed to have access to E -mail accounts for multiple Trump allies, including Wiles.
They later distributed some of E emails to journalists.
Reuters had previously approved some of the leaked content, including an E email that appears to show a financial agreement between Trump and lawyers for former presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy JR, now Trump’s health secretary.
Other leaks included internal Trump campaign announcements about Republican candidates and details of legal conciliation interviews with Daniels.
Although the leaks got some media attention last year, they did not significantly affect the outcome of the presidential race that Trump won.
In September 2024, the US Department of Justice claimed in an indictment that Iran’s revolutionary guards were behind Robert Hacking operation. The hackers refused to comment on the claim.
After Trump’s victory, Robert told Reuters There were no more leaks. In May, the hackers claimed, “I’m retired, man.” However, they resumed the activity after this month’s 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, which ended with us strikes at Iran’s nuclear places.
In fresh messages this week Robert said they were preparing to sell the stolen E emails and wanted Reuters to “issue this case”.
Frederick Kagan, a learned at the American Enterprise Institute and an expert on Iranian cyber activity, said Iran’s intelligence services are now trying to retaliate without risking further military escalation.
“A standard explanation is that everyone has been ordered to use all the asymmetrical tools they have, without provoking greater Israeli or American military action,” he said. “To leak a lot more E emails will probably not do it.”
Despite concern that Iran may have launched serious cyber attacks, its hackers remained largely quiet during the recent conflict. However, US cyber officials warned on Monday that Tehran could still target US companies and key infrastructure.
