The United States has blamed Iran for hacking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign. “More aggressive activities by Iran” have been identified this election cycle, the US Federal Police, the FBI, the Directorate of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the US Cyber Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint statement today (local time).
These include recently reported actions threatening the Trump campaign, which U.S. intelligence agencies attributed to Iran.
Iran's embassy to the United Nations denied the allegations. He also asked the US to provide evidence for the allegations. “Such allegations are baseless and baseless,” it said. Iran has no intention or intent to interfere in the US presidential election.
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The FBI announced last week that it was investigating a hacker's access to Trump's campaign team's internal communications. A 271-page internal document on Trump's vice presidential nominee JD Vance has reportedly been leaked to US media.
In the US election campaign, such documents, among other things, help to better prepare for political attacks from the opposite side. Trump's spokesman spoke about the hack in this context. The campaign team of US Vice President Kamala Harris also announced that it was the target of a foreign cyber attack.
US intelligence agencies: Iran wants to provoke “contradiction”.
The joint report by ODNI, CISA and the FBI added that Iran attempted to access individuals with direct ties to the Democratic and Republican campaigns.
“These activities, including thefts and exposés, are aimed at influencing the electoral process in the United States.” Iran is trying to “undermine confidence in our democratic institutions”. Vance was not specifically mentioned in the document.
US intelligence agencies have warned that Iran views the November 5 presidential election as particularly consequential for its national security interests. This increases Tehran's tendency to “influence the outcome”.
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