US Claims Iran Sent Stolen Trump Files to Biden Campaign
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The Facts
US law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday that Iranian hackers stolen material from former President Donald Trump's campaign and send it via email to Democratic President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, before it was suspended.US authorities said on Wednesday that Iranian hackers sent stolen information from former Pres. Donald Trump's campaign to people involved in Democratic Pres. Joe Biden's now-defunct re-election campaign this summer.
In a joint statement, the FBI, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence said that Iranian cyber attackers had sent unsolicited emails to people associated with President Biden’s campaign, with stolen, non-public material from the Trump campaign.According to a joint statement from the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, unsolicited emails were sent with the hacked, non-public material as text.
The Spin
US adversaries, such as Iran, Russia, and China, try to turn our free and open society against us. They see election interference as a low-cost, potentially high-reward method to launch cyber attacks to harm undesired candidates or create division and distrust. WeAmerica must do more to protect ourits core institutions against these malicious attacks. Western democracies must band together to defend ourtheir wayfree ofand lifedemocratic against all enemies that want to harm ussocieties.
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