DHS intends to investigate Chinese hacking of Trump and Harris campaigns

The message from DHS came Monday, according to the post. Wall Street Journal reported, although the agency did not specify when the investigation would begin.

“The Cybersecurity Review Board will initiate a review of this incident at the appropriate time,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the publication.

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The news comes as the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed Friday that Chinese hackers hacked both presidential campaigns in a “malicious” act.

The scope of the Chinese hacking campaign, dubbed the “Salt Typhoon”, has expanded as investigations have continued in recent weeks. According to data, as of Monday, about 40 people were killed. Politician.

In addition to the Trump and Harris campaigns, the Salt Typhoon targeted the campaign of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other members of the Biden administration. It compromised several telecommunications companies, including Verizon Communications, AT&T and Lumen.

Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), experienced a data breach using Verizon phone systems.

The former president’s election campaign had compared to The Chinese hacked the Iranian cyberattack against Trump earlier this year. In early August, Iranian hackers distributed documents gleaned from Trump campaign leaks to major media outlets, although they rejected publish a 271-page dossier on Vance.

While it remains unclear what information Chinese hackers collected from the cyberattack, Trump campaign officials said the Chinese and Iranian hacks amounted to “election interference.” Meanwhile, senior Republican Party officials have accused federal investigators of obstructing their investigation into a plot to interfere with elections in Iran.

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) suggested Sunday that “anti-Trump political bias has tainted the FBI’s decision-making process in the Biden administration” when it came to the agency’s investigation into the scope of the Iranian cyberattack.

“Today, on the eve of the presidential election, the FBI is increasing its politicization and corruption,” Stefanik wrote in a Sunday op-ed for the newspaper. Wall Street Journal before claiming that the agency was “deliberately withholding” information about Iran’s influence on the 2024 presidential election.

When asked to comment on whether it was concerned that DHS might be acting with similar alleged political bias in its latest investigation into a cyberattack in China, the Trump campaign continued to raise concerns that the Biden administration was allowing nefarious foreign actors to target the former president.

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“This is a continuation of election interference by Kamala Harris and the Democrats, who will stop at nothing, including daring China and Iran to attack critical American infrastructure, to prevent President Trump from returning to the White House. Their dangerous and violent rhetoric has given permission to those who want to harm President Trump,” said Stephen Chung, senior adviser to the Trump campaign. Washington Examiner.

“Now they have stood by and allowed major foreign adversaries to attack us to illegally help Kamala because they know she represents a weak American who will always bow down. Whereas President Trump will actually stand up to our enemies and defend the United States from any aggression,” Chung continued.