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(NewsNation) — Iranian hackers obtained and sent stolen information from erstwhile President Donald Trump’s run and sent it to radical affiliated with President Joe Biden’s run successful an effort to disrupt the 2024 election, U.S. quality officials confirmed, substantiating claims made by Trump's run past month.
Federal agencies, including the FBI, person disclosed that Iran gained possession of delicate run accusation tied to Trump’s reelection run and sent it to radical with ties to Biden’s campaign, arsenic good arsenic to respective American quality agencies.
On August 10, the Trump run announced it had been hacked, claiming Iranian actors had stolen delicate run materials. On Wednesday, U.S. quality officials announced their findings, which look to corroborate the Trump campaign’s allegations it had been hacked.
Officials said the Iranian hackers are continuing to stock the delicate accusation with American media outlets, raising concerns among the quality assemblage regarding overseas influences connected U.S. elections.
“Iranian malicious cyber actors successful precocious June and aboriginal July sent unsolicited emails to individuals past associated with President Biden’s run that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public worldly from erstwhile President Trump’s run arsenic substance successful the emails,” officials from the FBI, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said successful a associated connection issued Wednesday.
The run of Vice President Kamala Harris has publically condemned the information breach, saying the run was ne'er straight sent immoderate hacked materials and that emails were ignored arsenic spam by run staffers. The hacking enactment took spot earlier Biden ended his campaign for a 2nd word successful the White House, officials said.
According to respective reports, astatine slightest 3 U.S. quality organizations received hacked materials, including Politico, The New York Times and Washington Post. However, quality officials said nary of the media outlets published what they were sent.
The Associated Press reported that nary of the organizations were consenting to uncover what materials they received.
However, Trump has continued to assertion the White House is colluding with Iran to interfere with the November election, which remains a cervix and cervix contention between Trump and Harris.
“Biden is moving with Iran, and Iran doesn’t precisely similar me,” Trump said. “They were acceptable to marque a deal, but we had an predetermination that was rigged and stolen. And look astatine what’s happening to our satellite now. But no, Iran hacked into my campaign.”
“But they gave it to the Biden campaign. I can't judge it,” Trump continued. “Oh yes, I can. But this is truly overseas predetermination interference, this is existent predetermination interference. Not the phony crap they’ve been trying to pin connected me.”
On Wednesday, U.S. quality officials said the attacks are Iran’s “multi-pronged approach” to undermine ideology and said it is successful retaliation for the decease of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated during Trump’s word successful the White House.
The hacks are apt to escalate tensions betwixt the U.S. and Iran and rise questions astir the United States’ predetermination information arsenic voters hole to spell to the polls successful November.
