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Iran-Linked Hackers Revive Threat to Leak 100GB of Trump Aides’ Emails

U.S. cybersecurity agencies alongside federal investigators have vowed full investigations into the revived hack-and-leak plot.

Protestors carry Iranian national flags and posters of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while chanting anti U.S. and Israel slogans, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An Iran-linked hacking group has threatened to release a batch of emails it said it has stolen from President Donald Trump’s longtime aides, Reuters reported on June 30, 2025.
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to visit a new migrant detention center in Ochopee, Fla., Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Figurines with computers are seen in front of USA and Iran flags in this illustration taken, September 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Overview

  • The hack-and-leak group operating as “Robert” claims to hold about 100 gigabytes of emails from the private accounts of President Trump’s closest aides.
  • Targets include emails from White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, lawyer Lindsey Halligan, adviser Roger Stone and Stormy Daniels.
  • Robert resurfaced in late June after the Israel-Iran air war and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, warning of a potential sale of the stolen emails.
  • CISA described the renewed threat as a calculated smear campaign aimed at discrediting President Trump and his senior staff.
  • FBI Director Kash Patel pledged full investigations and prosecutions of anyone involved, building on a 2024 Justice Department indictment linking the operation to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.