The US federal police FBI is investigating suspected Iranian hacking attempts in connection with the US presidential election, says a US newspaper The Washington Post.
Hacking attempts are suspected of targeting the Democratic president Joe Biden and this Vice President Horrible Harris to advisers to presidential campaigns, but also to the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s to background groups.
The FBI started the investigation already in June, when Biden was still the Democratic presidential candidate. According to the Washington Post, investigators have found no evidence that hacking attempts to obtain campaign-related information were successful.
Donald Trump’s campaign staff said over the weekend that Iran had hacked one of its websites, and the FBI said it was investigating. Iran denies meddling in the US presidential election.
Source: Reuters