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Tim Murtaugh, communication director of Donald Trump’s campaign for re-election as president of the United States, said on Tuesday (27) that the The official website of the campaign was attacked and went offline.. According to him, there was no leak of sensitive data and the page was back on the air moments later.
The origin of the attacks is unknown.. Murtaugh said in a post on social media that Trump’s campaign team is working with authorities to investigate possible perpetrators.
Earlier tonight, the Trump campaign website was defaced and we are working with law enforcement authorities to investigate the source of the attack. There was no exposure to sensitive data because none of it is actually stored on the site. The website has been restored.
While traveling to a rally in Nebraska, the president and the candidate had not commented on the issue on their official website until the last update of this text.
Fear of cybersecurity
A cyber security In the US elections, campaign teams have worried both Trump and opposition candidate Joe Biden since the start of the electoral race.
The alert intensified in August, when Cyber Security (NCSC) Identified attempts to interfere with Russia, China and Iran in the American elections. The following month, Microsoft said it detected attempts by groups in these three countries to hack into the accounts of individuals and organizations involved in the campaigns.
However, there was not until the latest update of this text, the disclosure of evidence or evidence that other countries are behind the fall of the Trump campaign website.
In 2016, the US elections suffered from Russian interference when hackers broke into the computer network of the national committee of Democrats, who later participated in the Hillary Clinton campaign.
After investigations into the case were completed in 2018, the United States Department of Justice formally charged 12 Russian nationals with the invasions.
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