The Secret Service is investigating claims that Donald Trump was hacked by members of Anonymous, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday.
“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the Internet postings of Candidate Donald Trump’s personal information,” the spokesman told TIME. “We are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in this matter.”
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Reports on Thursday suggested that Anonymous had posted Trump’s Social Security number and the number to his cell phone online. Disgruntled members of the international hacking collective have been posting YouTube videos about their distaste for the candidate since his campaign’s beginning in July.
The group’s dissatisfaction stems mainly from Trump’s statements on immigration, though reasons may vary between members. The group in December briefly crashed a website for Trump Tower in New York City, trumptowerny.com, for his opinion on Muslim immigration. A threatening YouTube video the group released the same week also shows umbrage with his statement that the death penalty should be an option for those convicted of killing police officers.
“We would … like you to apologize to the Mexican for your remark on them,” a grammar-challenged member of Anonymous said in one representative video. “You said when Mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best. They are sending people with lots of problems … For your information, there are also American rapists, drug dealers and murderers.”
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Getting hacked is not a new experience for the Trump empire. The Trump Hotel Collection reported in October that credit card information for some customers was stolen over the course of a two month breach earlier in the year.
