There is currently no information indicating that the recipients have responded, but the Trump campaign is asking Biden’s team to ‘come clean’.

US agencies have said Iranian hackers sent emails containing material stolen from Republican former President Donald Trump’s campaign to people involved in then-Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, which Tehran is targeting in the US election. Part of an alleged wider influence-peddling effort.

“Iranian malicious cyber actors have continued their efforts since June to Send stolen, non-public materials related to former President Trump’s campaign to American media organizations.” intelligence said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

“This malicious cyber activity is the latest example of Iran’s multi-pronged approach … to sow discord and undermine confidence in our election process,” the agencies said.

He added that there was currently no information to suggest that recipients responded. They did not provide further details about the nature of the stolen material.

In August, the United States accused Iran of launching cyber operations against the campaigns of US presidential candidates and targeting individuals in the United States aimed at fomenting political dissent.

Iran has denied interfering in US affairs.

Its permanent mission to the United Nations in New York said on Wednesday that the latest US allegations were “fundamentally unfounded and completely unacceptable”. He added: “Iran has no intention and no intention of interfering in the US election.”

‘Kamla and Biden should come clean’

Malicious cyber actors sent unsolicited emails to Biden campaign officials in late June and early July that contained a text excerpt of material stolen from the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign, the agencies said.

Biden Dropped out of the presidential race. On July 21, Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him as the Democratic nominee. Polls show Trump and Harris in a tight race.

Carolyn Levitt, a spokeswoman for Trump’s campaign, said the latest allegations were “more evidence that the Iranians are actively interfering in the election to help Kamala Harris and Joe Biden because they know President Trump will restore his tough sanctions.” And will stand against their reign of terror.”

“Kamala and Biden should come clean about whether they used hacked material provided by the Iranians to hurt President Trump. What did they know and when did they know it?” he wrote in a tweet. said in the statement.

A spokesman for the Harris campaign said he was “not aware of any material being sent directly to the campaign”.

“Some individuals were targeted with their personal emails in what appeared to be spam or phishing attempts.”

The former president claimed at a rally Wednesday night that Iran hacked his campaign to help Democrats, calling it foreign election meddling.

Tehran also says Washington has meddled in its affairs for decades, from the 1953 coup of a prime minister to the 2020 assassination of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.