Iranian hackers attempted to interest Biden staffers with stolen Trump campaign info, FBI says
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US Claims Iran Sent Stolen Trump Files to Biden Campaign
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Above: Vice President Kamala Harris introduces President Joe Biden at a Girard College campaign rally in Philadelphia on May 29, 2024. Image copyright: Michael M. Santiago/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
US authorities said on Wednesday that Iranian hackers transmitted stolen information from former Pres. Donald Trump's campaign to individuals engaged in Democratic Pres. Joe Biden's re-election campaign this summer.
According to a joint statement from the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, unsolicited emails were sent with the hacked, non-public material as text.
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
US adversaries see election interference as a low-cost, potentially high-reward method to launch attacks to harm undesired candidates or create division and distrust. America must do more to protect its core institutions against these malicious attacks. Western democracies must band together to defend their free and democratic societies.
Establishment-critical narrative
This is just another smear against Iran, which has no interest whatsoever in meddling in US internal affairs, let alone its presidential election this year. Though Donald Trump is indeed a criminal, Tehran is committed to bringing him to justice through legal means for ordering the assassination of Gen. Soleimani.
