Iran was behind the recent attempts to hack into the Trump campaign, as well as the Biden and Harris campaigns, the FBI and other intelligence agencies said on Monday.
The recent hack of Trump associates, including consultant and longtime GOP operative Roger Stone, were part of the Islamic Republic’s attempts to “stoke discord and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions,” the FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security agency said in a joint statement released on Monday.
The intelligence agencies accused Iran of “exploiting societal tensions through various means” over the course of the election season, including the hacking attempts. “Iran and Russia have employed these tactics not only in the United States during this and prior federal election cycles but also in other countries around the world,” the agencies said.
