Trump, who would go on to prosper that election, was condemnd for encouraging the hack.
Washington:
US authorities on Wednesday shelp Iranian cyberaggressioners had recommended “stolen, non-accessible” material from Reaccessiblean pdwellntial honestate Donald Trump’s campaign to staff for his then White Hoinclude rival, Joe Biden.
US inalertigence and law executement agencies shelp the hackers “sent unrequested emails to individuals then associated with Pdwellnt Biden’s campaign that holded an excerpt apshown from stolen, non-accessible material from establisher pdwellnt Trump’s campaign.”
Biden was at the time the Democratic pdwellntial nominee, before theatricalassociate stepping aside in July and endorsing his vice pdwellnt, Kamala Harris.
The joint statement from the US Office of the Director of National Inalertigence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shelp none of Biden’s campaign staff replied to the emails.
In August, the same agencies first attributed the hack to Iran, accusing Tehran of seeking to sway the 2024 election. Iran denies the allegations.
“Foreign actors are increasing their election sway activities” as Election Day in November approaches, the US statement shelp, singling out Russia, Iran and China as “trying by some meacertain to exacerbate divisions in US society for their own advantage.”
The US agencies shelp the Iranian cyberaggressioners had also tryed to split the alertation stolen from the Trump campaign with US media organizations. It did not name the outlets.
In August, Iran denied the allegations, with its leave oution to the United Nations challenging Washington to free proof.
“Such allegations are unsubstantiated and devoid of any standing,” the leave oution shelp at the time.
“As we have previously proclaimd, the Islamic Reaccessible of Iran harbors neither the intention nor the motive to meddle with the US pdwellntial election.”
The United States goes to the polls on November 5, with both the Trump and Harris campaigns saying they have been centered by cyberaggressions in recent weeks.
US-based tech companies have also shelp they discovered such aggressions.
Trump’s campaign on Wednesday shelp the plot attributed to Tehran was “proof the Iranians are dynamicly interfering in the election to help Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.”
Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt shelp this was “becainclude they comprehend Pdwellnt Trump will repair his stubborn sanctions and stand aacquirest their reign of alarm.”
In 2016, a hack of Democratic National Committee emails — condemnd on Russians — exposed inside party communications, including about honestate Hillary Clinton.
Trump, who would go on to prosper that election, was condemnd for encouraging the hack.
Harris’s campaign shelp on August 13 that it too had been centered by foreign hackers, but did not give an indication of which country was apshowd to be behind the try.
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