BREAKING: DOJ Charges 3 Iranians For Hacking President Trump’s Campaign

The Department of Justice has charged three Iranians for a hacking plot against President Trump’s campaign.

In an unsealed indictment, it was revealed the DOJ had charged Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yasar Balaghi in relation to the hacking plot.

The three men face a slew of charges, including “Conspiracy to Obtain Information from a Protected Computer; Defraud and Obtain a Thing of Value; Commit Fraud Involving Authentication Features; Commit Aggravated Identity Theft; Commit Access Device Fraud; and Commit Wire Fraud While Falsely Registering Domains.”

In the indictment, the DOJ alleged the three men who work for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps engaged “in a wide-ranging hacking campaign that used spearphishing and social engineering techniques to target and compromise the accounts of current and former U.S. government officials, members of the media, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals associated with U.S. political campaigns.”

Take a look at the three men here:

These 3 are still inside the US, I'm told pic.twitter.com/tabpr0j1ov

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 27, 2024

Per Fox News:

Three men connected to Iran have been indicted in relation to a hacking plot against former President Donald Trump’s campaign, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

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Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi are the three suspects named in the case, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday afternoon.

The indictment shows the trio are facing a long list of charges, including: Conspiracy to Obtain Information from a Protected Computer; Defraud and Obtain a Thing of Value; Commit Fraud Involving Authentication Features; Commit Aggravated Identity Theft; Commit Access Device Fraud; and Commit Wire Fraud While Falsely Registering Domains.

The three hackers, who are accused of working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were allegedly “engaged in a wide-ranging hacking campaign that used spearphishing and social engineering techniques to target and compromise the accounts of current and former U.S. government officials, members of the media, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals associated with U.S. political campaigns.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to the FBI and Department of Justice.

Last week, the U.S. revealed the Iranian hackers had obtained information on the Trump campaign and tried to distribute it to people linked to the Biden campaign and media organizations since June.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into former President Trump's campaign team and sharing information with news media. pic.twitter.com/8szXHWCZOB

— MSNBC Reports (@MSNBC_reports) September 27, 2024

Per NBC News:

Three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into the campaign of former President Donald Trump, stealing emails and documents, and then sharing them with the news media, according to U.S. officials and a federal indictment filed in Washington on Friday.

The three Iranians, identified as members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hired “malicious cyber actors” to hack into the campaign of an unidentified presidential candidate in May and stole documents from it.

U.S. officials have privately said that Trump’s campaign was the victim of the attack.

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The indictment said that the personal email accounts of a former deputy director of the CIA, a former Defense Department official and an individual who appears to be longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone were also hacked.

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations.https://t.co/BYOdGINU9o

— FOX Illinois (@foxillinois) September 27, 2024