Iran denies involvement in cyberattacks on Trump and Harris campaigns

After the US intelligence services claimed that Iran was behind the cyberattacks on the headquarters of US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Tehran denied any involvement in the attacks, UNN reports citing the BBC.

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On Monday, Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations issued a statement emphasizing that Tehran has "no intention or motive to interfere in the presidential election.

"Such accusations are unsubstantiated and lack any basis. If the US government sincerely believes in the validity of its claims, it should provide us with relevant evidence, if any, so that we can respond accordingly," the statement reads.

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U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran was behind the recent cyberattacks targeting the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns, accusing Tehran of trying to influence the upcoming election.

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On August 10, representatives of the Trump campaign announced the hacking of internal correspondence and suggested that Iran might be behind it. Republicans became victims of a phishing attack.

On August 13, the headquarters of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said they had also been attacked by foreign hackers, but did not specify where it might have come from. "In July, the campaign's legal and security teams were notified by the FBI that we were the target of an influence operation by a foreign agent," a Harris campaign spokesman told AFP.

Earlier, Google said that Iranian-backed hackers had attacked both Democrats and Republicans. Microsoft said that it also faced an increase in the activity of groups linked to Iran.

It is not yet clear whether the cyberattacks stole important information. Trump claimed that the hackers were only able to obtain publicly available data. According to the Democratic headquarters, the cyberattack was unsuccessful.