Iran was behind hacking efforts by the Trump and Democratic campaigns

US intelligence agencies say Iran is responsible for efforts to infiltrate election campaigns. The FBI, among others, wrote this in a statement.

“We have seen increasingly aggressive Iranian activities during these campaigns, specific activities to influence the American public and cyber activities aimed at election campaigns,” the intelligence services wrote. the joint statement.

According to the FBI, Iranians have tried to access Republican and Democratic election campaigns to “sow division and undermine confidence in democracy.” ” It has not been revealed whether the hacks were successful.

Earlier this month it emerged that the FBI was investigating hacking efforts aimed at the campaigns of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump. In Trump’s case, hackers would have been successful and gained access to the personal email account of Roger Stone, a prominent and trusted Republican for Trump.

On his own social media site Truth Social, Trump said the hackers managed to obtain “only public information”. Iran has so far denied the hacking attempts.