Iranians sent “unsolicited emails” that included stolen material that was not publicly available from former President Donald Trump’s campaign to people associated with his Democratic political rival, the FBI and two other government agencies said Wednesday.
The FBI and officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said there was “currently no information” indicating that recipients associated with President Joe Biden’s campaign had responded to the emails, which the government officials condemned as part of an effort “to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our electoral process.”
The agencies had confirmed last month that Iran was behind efforts this year to compromise presidential campaigns of both parties after Trump’s campaign accused Iran of a hacking attempt in June.
