Iranian hackers sent documents to Joe Biden’s campaign team, who has since withdrawn from the race for the White House. “stolen” to the team of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, US officials said on Wednesday, September 18.
The authors of these cyber attacks have “sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Joe Biden’s campaign,” The Federal Police (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported in a joint statement. These emails contained “Excerpts from non-public documents stolen from former President Donald Trump’s campaign”The three agencies added, noting that none of these emails received a response from the Democratic candidate’s campaign team.
In August, the same three agencies blamed Iran for the hacking of Donald Trump’s campaign. Iran’s mission to the United Nations rejected these claims. “baseless accusations”: “As we have previously announced, the Islamic Republic of Iran has neither the intention nor the motive to interfere in the US presidential election”he said in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“Inadmissible” accusations
On Wednesday, the mission reiterated its rejection of these accusations. “inadmissible” and stated that its repetition “It would only serve to undermine their credibility.”. “The Islamic Republic of Iran does not interfere in the internal turmoil or electoral controversies of the United States”he added.
“Foreign actors are increasing their activities to influence elections” presidential election in November, US officials said on Wednesday, naming Russia, Iran and China, which “attempt to exacerbate divisions in American society for their own benefit”According to them, hackers also tried to reveal Donald Trump’s campaign documents to anonymous media.
Donald Trump’s team reacted on Wednesday by saying that it was the “evidence that the Iranians are actively interfering in the election to help Kamala Harris and Joe Biden because they know President Trump will reinstate his harsh sanctions. [contre l’Iran] and will face his reign of terror”.
The teams of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, who replaced Joe Biden at short notice after his candidacy was withdrawn in July, have claimed to have been victims of cyberattacks in recent weeks, as confirmed by tech giants including Microsoft and Google.
