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full screen Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in New York state on Wednesday. Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP/TT
Last summer, Iranian hackers tried to spread stolen material from the Trump campaign by passing it on to then-rival Joe Biden’s campaign organization, the FBI and several other federal agencies said in a joint statement.
The hackers allegedly sent unsolicited emails to individuals then working for Biden’s campaign, which contained “stolen, non-public material” from the former president’s campaign organization.
None of Biden’s campaign staff responded to the emails, according to authorities.
Kamala Harris’s campaign organization, which took over after Biden gave up his candidacy, calls the Iranian influence attempt an “unwelcome and unacceptable malicious activity” and states that those who received the emails viewed them as spam or phishing.
In August, authorities said Iran was behind the cyber attack on the Trump campaign. The hackers also reportedly tried to share information with several American media outlets.
– Iran hacked into my campaign. I don’t know what they found, I’d like to find out. Couldn’t have been too exciting, Trump said at a campaign rally in upstate New York on Wednesday night, according to Politico.
According to the FBI, the attack is part of a broader strategy by Tehran, which aims to influence American politics and undermine trust in democratic institutions.
Iran’s UN delegation denies interference and last Wednesday stated that it has no motive to interfere in the US presidential election.