Trump campaign hack could indicate wider election disruptions, experts uwarn
At least two prominent lawmakers are asking for more information from intelligence officials about whether Trump was targeted by foreign hackers.

By Abbie Cheeseman
August 11, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. EDT

Analysts and intelligence experts warned Sunday that wider efforts may be underway by foreign powers to disrupt the U.S. presidential election, after the Trump campaign said it believed its email systems had been breached by hackers working for Iran.

So far, two Democratic House members who have served on intelligence and security committees have called for briefings and for declassification of information related to the possible foreign interference in the election.

“Buckle up,” Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency posted on X, referring back to the 2016 campaign, when U.S. intelligence concluded that Russia interfered in the election by hacking and leaking internal Democratic documents. “Someone is running the 2016 playbook, expect continued efforts to stoke fires in society and go after election systems — 95% votes on paper ballots is a strong resilience measure, combined with audits. But the chaos is the point.”

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Josh Dawsey, Isaac Arnsdorf, Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager contributed to this report.

By Abbie Cheeseman
Abbie Cheeseman is the Washington Post's 2024 Stern-Bryan fellow. Before joining the Post she spent five years reporting across the Middle East as a freelance correspondent. Prior to that she was an investigative reporter and researcher in London focusing on national security issues. Twitter