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Prosecutors say cyber actors employed by Iranian government officials targeted a range of current and former U.S. officials.
U.S. prosecutors have charged three Iranians for allegedly being behind the hack of a presidential campaign.
The scheme started around January 2020 and initially targeted both former and current U.S. officials before turning to a presidential campaign in or around May 2024, prosecutors say.
The Iranians and those working with them gained access to accounts belonging to people affiliated with the campaign and used their access “to steal, among other information, non-public campaign documents and emails,” according to an indictment.
Jalili, Aghamiri, and Balaghi have been charged with conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer, wire fraud, and other counts.
They do not have a lawyer listed on the court docket.
The scheme was expanded in June 2024 to an operation seeking to distribute the stolen campaign material by leaking it to reporters and another presidential campaign, prosecutors say.
This is a breaking story that will be updated.