According to CNN, (via Raw Story) Iranian hackers set up a fake email account in Ginni Thomas’ name and used it to send spearphishing emails to a “former homeland security adviser to a former U.S. president, among other targets.”
The Department of Justice alleges the three hackers are linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The guy who apparently fell for the scam was Roger Stone, the “dirty trickster” and conspiracy theorist. Once his email account was breached, the hackers used it to target campaign staff, CNN reported.
You’d think a guy like Stone would have immediately questioned whether the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was writing to him. But it’s understandable that Stone wasn’t skeptical. After all, Ginni Thomas has a long history of inserting herself into right-wing politics and causes, including the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. That includes inserting herself into the top echelons of MAGA world personnel while Trump was in the White House.
