Democrats have begun ratcheting up their attacks on former President Donald Trump as this year's election day draws nearer.

Yet they aren't the only ones targeting the former president, as a "hostile" foreign power recently leaked documents from his campaign. 

Iranian hackers obtained J.D. Vance's vetting file

That's according to Politico, which reported last week that someone who identified himself only as "Robert" sent confidential material to the publication via an AOL email account.

The material is said to include in research which the campaign had done on Trump's running mate, Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance.

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The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation, including a dossier on JD Vancehttps://t.co/Cqh1TJWPl0

— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) August 10, 2024

Politico cited two unnamed individuals it described as being familiar with the documents who authenticated them, with one saying that they include "a preliminary version of Vance’s vetting file." Also among the material is a "research document" concerning Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.

Steven Cheung serves as a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, and he confirmed to Politico that there had been a data breach

Spokesman says Iran fears Trump

"These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process," Cheung was quoted as saying in a statement.

"On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found that Iranian hackers broke into the account of a 'high ranking official' on the U.S. presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential nominee," he continued.

"The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House," Cheung went on to add.

Meanwhile, Breitbart noted that Microsoft alluded to the hacking in a blog post published late last week which also pointed to Iran.

Microsoft points to "compromised email account"

"Yet another Iranian group, this one connected with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign from the compromised email account of a former senior advisor," the post read.

"The email contained a link that would direct traffic through a domain controlled by the group before routing to the website of the provided link," it explained.

"Within days of this activity, the same group unsuccessfully attempted to log into an account belonging to a former presidential candidate," Microsoft stressed.