DOJ indicts Iranians for alleged Trump campaign ‘hack-and-leak’ scheme

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The US Department of Justice has charged three Iranian nationals linked with a cyberattack against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to an indictment on Friday.

The three hackers, all of whom have ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, allegedly gained access to the accounts of campaign officials using social engineering and spearphishing, a tactic that attempts to trick victims into disclosing sensitive information. They then...

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