WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The FBI is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from Donald Trump\u2019s presidential campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion, as well as attempts to gain access to Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 campaign, days after the Trump campaign declared it\u00a0had been hacked by Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FBI released a brief statement on the Trump matter reading, \u201cWe can confirm the FBI is investigating this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran\u2019s involvement, but the claim came shortly after Microsoft\u00a0issued a report\u00a0detailing foreign agents\u2019 attempts to interfere in the\u00a0U.S. election in 2024. The report cited an instance of an Iranian military intelligence unit in June sending \u201ca spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign from a compromised email account of a former senior advisor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two people familiar with the matter said the Biden-Harris campaign was also targeted in the suspected Iranian cyber intrusion that is under FBI investigation. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details of the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Politico reported Saturday that it began receiving emails on July 22 from an anonymous account. The source \u2014 an AOL email account identified only as \u201cRobert\u201d \u2014 passed along what appeared to be a research dossier the campaign had apparently done on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen.\u00a0JD Vance. The document was dated Feb. 23, almost five months before Trump selected Vance as his running mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese documents were obtained illegally\u201d and \u201cintended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,\u201d Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least three staffers in the Biden-Harris campaign were targeted with phishing emails, but investigators have uncovered no evidence the attempt was successful, one of the people said. The attempts came before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FBI began investigating that cyber incident in June and intelligence officials believe Iran was behind the attempts, that person said. Officials have also been in touch with tech companies in recent months about the possibility that people linked to the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns were being targeted through email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris\u2019 campaign said in a statement, \u201cOur campaign vigilantly monitors and protects against cyber threats, and we are not aware of any security breaches of our systems.\u201d It declined to address whether it had identified any state-based intrusion attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran\u2019s mission to the United Nations, when asked about the claim of the Trump campaign, denied being involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Iran long has been suspected of running hacking campaigns targeting its enemies in the Middle East and beyond. Tehran also long has threatened to retaliate against Trump over the 2020 drone strike he ordered that killed prominent Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its report, Microsoft stated that \u201cforeign malign influence concerning the 2024 US election started off slowly but has steadily picked up pace over the last six months due initially to Russian operations, but more recently from Iranian activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The analysis continued: \u201cIranian cyber-enabled influence operations have been a consistent feature of at least the last three U.S. election cycles. Iran\u2019s operations have been notable and distinguishable from Russian campaigns for appearing later in the election season and employing cyberattacks more geared toward election conduct than swaying voters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRecent activity suggests the Iranian regime \u2014 along with the Kremlin \u2014 may be equally engaged in election 2024,\u201d Microsoft concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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