Group with close ties to Trump presumed to have been attacked by Chinese hackers

America First Policy Institute, a think tank aligned with the former president Donald Trumpfederal authorities believe they have been attacked by Chinese hackers, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

AFPI Communications Director Marc Lotter said in a statement to ABC News that it is “no surprise” that “hostile foreign actors” are targeting AFPI, noting that it is a leading Trump-aligned policy group.

“As the leading policy group in the America First movement, it’s no surprise that hostile foreign actors are trying to infiltrate our IT,” Lotter wrote. “The threat actor’s tactics, techniques, and procedures are similar to state-sponsored activities we’ve seen, and it allows us to quickly remediate and respond.”

“Like the America First movement itself, AFPI will not run at the speed of government, but at the speed of business with the world’s leading cyber experts to further enhance our strong security,” he continued.

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AFPI is a policy advisory group of hundreds of former Trump administration officials, including AFPI board chair Linda McMahon, who has been named co-chair of the Trump Transition Team.

Reports of APFI targeting foreign actors follow the alleged Iranian hacking of the Trump campaign.

Department of Justice opened a prosecution last month it indicted three Iranians for their involvement in the exchange of former President Donald Trump’s campaign emails.

The indictment charged the men with several crimes computer hacking chargesmaterial support, identity theft and aiding and abetting a foreign terrorist organization.

Prosecutors said the three men were employed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and were involved in a “broad hacking campaign” that used spear-phishing and other digital hacking to compromise their targets, including current and former US government officials. media, NGOs, and “persons associated with US political campaigns.”