FBI probing attempted hack of Trump Organization, officials say

[DonViejo]

Source: ABC News



The FBI is investigating an attempted overseas cyberattack against the Trump Organization, summoning President Donald Trump’s sons, Don Jr. and Eric, for an emergency session with the bureau’s cybersecurity agents and representatives of the CIA, officials tell ABC News.

Law enforcement officials who spoke to ABC News on the condition of anonymity confirmed the attempted hack and said the subsequent meeting took place at the FBI’s New York headquarters on May 8, the day before Trump fired FBI director James Comey. Spokesmen for the FBI, CIA and Secret Service all declined to comment.

Reached by phone, Eric Trump, an executive vice president of the family company, would not confirm or deny that he and his brother had met with the FBI but told ABC News that the company had ultimately not been infiltrated. “We absolutely weren’t hacked,” Eric Trump said during the brief call. “That’s crazy. We weren’t hacked, I can tell you that.”

As federal agencies monitor international computer networks in order to protect government and private sector computer infrastructure and data, the Trump Organization’s networks would be given high priority, according to Richard Frankel, a retired senior official with the FBI's New York office and an ABC News contributor.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-probing-attempted-hack-trump-organization-officials/story?id=47652150

[keopeli]

1. Tavarich, we better pretend like we're trying to hack tRump, too!

I guess Putin had a brainstorm. They need to stop looking like the only hate Democrats.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Diversionary tactic so Trump could say he was also attacked.

[FigTree]

3. Which was Manafort's recommendation months ago. nt

[forgotmylogin]

14. "See they attacked us!"

"So that means I'm not under investigation!"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. It wasn't a hack, it was just a transfer of information to overseas. Nothing to see here.

(sarcasm)

[FakeNoose]

11. Sure Trump gave it to them, they didn't have to hack the info

Somebody forgot to tell Eric though. He's going to spoil the whole thing.

[bitterross]

5. False Flag Ops!

I don't buy it. It's either a completely made up story or it happened and it was done in order to give cover to Trump.

[moonscape]

13. I'd be shocked if the Trump Org wasn't hacked - though for

entirely different purposes than the DNC.

[GreydeeThos]

15. MMMMUmmm. I love the smell of False Flag in the morning.

And for a limited time only; Trump the victim.

Get yours while they are still available.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Liar like Dad ...

“That’s crazy. We weren’t hacked, I can tell you that.”

[deurbano]

7. Mr. Robot!

[cstanleytech]

8. Summoning them doesn't make any sense if the hack failed.

Summoning to let them know that they were hacked and information was taken makes far more sense though I doubt that anything incriminating​ was obtained.

[matt819]

9. No question

This was done by the Russians in collusion with the TO to distract attention. It's like these guys have a gangster playbook they're working from.

[summer_in_TX]

17. Not necessarily

Maybe it wasn't a Russian hack. North Korea could have been behind it.

[C Moon]

10. :D They aren't very clever.

[FakeNoose]

12. Yeah but we kind of knew that already

[salib]

16. I suspect we are being punked by ALL of this Russia connection stuff.

Too easy. And when were the old Cold War arguments ours, anyway? I.e., Russia evil. I thought that was Reagan's claim, the Evil Empire.