U.S. Agencies Say Iranian Hackers Targeting Presidential Campaigns
In a joint statement, U.S. intelligence agencies say that Iranian state-backed hackers are targeting both the Trump and Harris campaigns. The statement follows an earlier allegation from the Trump campaign that Iran was attempting to hack his campaign, and the Harris campaign confirming the FBI was investigating an attempted hack.
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00:00The U.S. intelligence community says Iran is trying to influence the U.S. election outcome
00:04by targeting presidential campaigns.
00:07A joint statement released by the U.S. intelligence community says Iranian cyber operations have
00:13been increasingly aggressive during this year's election cycle.
00:17It comes after the Trump campaign earlier in August reported Iranian attempts to steal
00:21campaign information.
00:23The Harris campaign has also confirmed an FBI investigation into an attempted hack.