FBI investigates alleged Iranian cyberattacks on US election campaign
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The FBI is investigating possible attempts by Iranian hackers to attack the Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns. Experts have not yet found evidence of the success of these attacks, but continue to investigate.
The FBI is investigating an alleged Iranian cyberattack on the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns. The statement by the feds comes after Donald Trump's camp claimed that the former president's campaign had been hacked, blaming "foreign sources.
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The FBI is investigating alleged Iranian hacking attempts on the US presidential election campaign.
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The FBI has not mentioned Trump or Iran, but several anonymous sources familiar with the investigation, who have been heard by several media outlets, confirmed that the investigation involves people connected to the Iranian government. According to the sources briefed on the facts, the FBI's investigation involves both the Trump campaign and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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On Saturday, Trump's team hinted that Iran was behind a hacking attack that sent journalists internal messages and a file on J.D. Vance, the former president's running mate.
"These documents were illegally obtained from foreign sources hostile to the United States with the intent to interfere in the 2024 elections and wreak havoc on our democratic process," criticized Trump's team spokesman, Steven Chang.
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A spokesperson for the Harris campaign said that it "closely monitors and defends against cyber threats, and we are not aware of any breaches of our systems." The intrusion attempt came before President Joe Biden announced that he would not seek re-election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now the Democratic candidate.
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