Iran-linked hackers threaten to release more emails from Trump's circle

Hackers linked to Iran who go by the pseudonym Robert said they had roughly 100 gigabytes of emails from the accounts of U.S. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, among others. | BLOOMBERG

by RAPHAEL SATTER
Jul 1, 2025

WASHINGTON – Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump's circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. 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 U.S. cyberdefense agency CISA, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.