Former United States president, Donald Trump’s campaign team has said some of their internal communications have been hacked by Iran.
According to a report, the supposed Iranian Operatives hacked campaign documents including internal research carried out on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.
The campaign spokesperson said the documents were obtained illegally and did not give further details or any evidence linking the document leak to Iranian hackers or the Iranian government.
Reacting to this, CNN Political Commentator, Sarah Elizabeth Cupp said it is a huge problem.
She said the voters need to be educated, diligent, and vigilant, because so much information is flying at them from so many different places, especially on social media.
“This is a huge problem, it is not a problem that we were unprepared for but it is good to be a constant reminder, that hacking, disinformation, this is a big part especially by foreign entities. This is a big part of why as voters we need to be really educated, diligent, vigilant, all the things because so much information is flying at us from so many different places especially on social media.” The American television host and writer stated.
S.E Cupp indicated that it is hard to know what is real and what is fake.
Adding that this development should serve as a deterrent to other political parties ahead of the general elections.
“It is hard to know what is real, it is hard to know what is fake and now fake. And now with these leaks we are potentially getting access to things that we are not supposed to see. Any campaign would be very upset to learn that their secret weapon, the plans that they have are being shared potentially with the press and then potentially with the voters.” She added.
The US will hold their general election in November.
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