Some members of the Democratic campaign received emails from Iranian groups containing private information stolen from Donald Trump’s team, but never responded, the FBI said.
The FBI revealed on Wednesday that Iranian groups that stole information from Donald Trump’s team through cyberattacks tried to send it to the Democratic campaign, led at the time by Joe Biden. However, these emails were never requested nor did they receive any response from the Democratic camp, reports the Associated Press.
Joe Biden’s team He never contacted Iranian groups or asked for confidential information about the Republican opponent.Federal agencies, including the FBI, which are investigating Tehran’s attempts to interfere in the US presidential election, concluded. However, in late June and early July, members of the current US president’s team began receiving emails, before Biden withdrew from the race for the White House.
“The emails contained excerpts taken from stolen, non-public materials from former President Trump’s campaign,” the US government said, as cited by AP. As far as the FBI has determined, the emails were not responded to and the information appeared in text format in the emails rather than in attachments, which would have to be opened to access.
“We are not aware of any material that has been sent directly to the campaign. Some people were attacked in their personal emails with what appeared to be spam or an attempt to phishing“, clarified a spokesman for the Democratic campaign, now led by Kamala Harris, quoted by Reuters.
In late July, after Biden’s withdrawal, the documents were sent to several international newspapers, a leak made public by POLITICO, confirmed by other media and later by federal agencies.
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This announcement is the latest in a series of efforts by U.S. federal agencies to counter Iranian threats to the November 5 election. In the same statement, the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Information, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency classify the attempt to hand over confidential documents to the Democratic campaign as “a attempt to undermine voters’ faith in elections and promote discord“The US Department of Justice had already announced that it will file a accusation against Tehran by cyber attacks.
Source: Observadora
