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'Stupidity of these people': Trump team mocked after admitting falling for 'phishing' scam

Donald Trump's political campaign became the subject of mockery on Saturday after reporting being "hacked" by someone using a commonly used email tactic known as a "phishing" scam. The Trump campaign reportedly told Politico that the team experienced a hack after the news outlet started receiving what appeared to be internal communications from an anonymous individual by email. Among the items the outlet says it received was a "dossier" on Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance. The campaign blamed "foreign sources" for the release, but declined to give details. The internet, however, was rife with speculation. ALSO READ: 21 worthless knick-knacks Donald Trump will give you for your cash Conservative Army Iraq War Veteran Peter Henlein weighed in over the weekend. "Lol, the Trump campaign has been hacked with a phishing email, and now internal campaign documents are being sent to Politico," he wrote. "The stupidity of these people. I can only imagine what type of cringe nonsense is going to come out." A pro-Ron DeSantis account, @griftercallout, added, "Must've thought it was a Trump campaign email and couldn't tell the difference lol." Former George W. Bush strategist Matthew Dowd said, "I don't believe anything the Trump campaign says.""They lie like they [breathe]," the strategist added. "My sense is this came from a disgruntled staffer not some mythic foreign source." Historian Aaron Astor said Saturday, "This is like a repeat of 2016, with Iran taking the place of Russia, and Trump being the target of the hack, rather than it being his opponent. The Trump campaign, like HRC, falling for a phishing attempt by a hostile foreign power." Travis Akers, a retired Naval Intelligence Officer and Newsweek opinion writer, said, "Sounds like someone is about to be assigned some Cybersecurity CBTs [computer-based training]." "The Trump campaign fell for a phishing attempt in an email from the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and now their internal campaign materials and data have been hacked," he added. Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney and host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program, “The Dean Obeidallah Show," Saturday simply wrote, "Hmmm....Trump campaign was hacked, campaign says."