Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails
In online chats with Reuters on Sunday and Monday, the hackers, who go by the pseudonym Robert, said they had roughly 100 gigabytes of emails from the accounts of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles,
Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan, Trump adviser Roger Stone and porn star-turned-Trump antagonist Stormy Daniels.
Robert raised the possibility of selling the material but otherwise did not provide details of their plans. The hackers did not describe the content of the emails.
Halligan, Stone, a representative for Daniels and the US cyberdefence agency CISA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The White House and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) responded with a statement from FBI Director Kash Patel, who said: 'Anyone associated with any kind of breach of national security will be fully investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.'
Iran's mission to the
United Nations did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Tehran has in the past denied committing cyberespionage.
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