The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of the United States is investigating reports of hacking the electronic mail of employees of the election headquarters of presidential candidates.
According to the newspaper Washington Post (WP), the investigation has begun in connection with the allegations of the kibeatake of Iranian groups to the election headquarters by sending phishing letters.
“We can confirm that the FBI is investigating this matter,” – follows from the message.
Associated on the topic of a person, WP on the basis of anonymity stated that the FBI is investigating the allegations that Iranian groups hacked the email addresses of the advisers of the campaign headquarters Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Kamaly Harris.
It is reported that the FBI officers have not yet found evidence of the success of attempts to hack.
“The authorities reported that several of my personal email accounts have been compromised. True, I don’t know anything more about it. I am working, everything is so strange,” Roger Stone said, one of Trump’s former advisers.
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Microsoft report
At the Microsoft threat analysis center, on August ninth, they published a report that some Iranian groups activated cyber dexterity in order to influence the presidential election.
The report refers to the receipt of phishing emails on the accounts of e -mail of a number of government officials.
It is reported that in June, the target of the Islamic Revolution of the Group was a “high -ranking presidential campaign official.”
Microsoft noted that the Iranian group created similar web sites similar to “strengthen polarization” between two political parties in the USA.
Iran’s mission at the UN denied accusations of intervention in the US presidential election or cyberataka.
Trump -headquarters of the Trump’s election headquarters.
On August 11, Donald Trump’s election headquarters announced e -mail hacks and accused Iran of an attempt to access the internal documentation of the election campaign with confidential content.
“The attack was carried out by the United States Foreign Sources.” Documents were obtained illegally, “said the representative of the headquarters of Stephen Chung.