The FBI has told Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign that it was the target of a “foreign actor influence operation.”
In a statement, shared with NBC News, the American network associated with Sky News, Mrs. Harris The campaign said: “In July, the FBI notified the campaign’s legal and security teams that we were the target of an influence operation by a foreign actor.
“We have robust cybersecurity measures in place and are not aware of any security breaches of our systems as a result of those efforts.
“We remain in communication with the appropriate law enforcement authorities.”
Comes after Donald Triumph‘s The campaign stated over the weekend that was hacked by Iran in June, when the Republican candidate was selecting his vice presidential candidate.
The news website Politico said it had received emails in July from an anonymous source offering documents from inside the former president’s home. operation, including a report on the running mate JD Vance’s “possible vulnerabilities.”
“These documents were illegally obtained from foreign sources hostile to the United States, with the intent to interfere with the 2024 elections and wreak havoc on our entire Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said earlier this month.
Read more:
Trump’s strange claims in Musk’s delayed chat
Biden reveals why he abandoned the election
Cheung later told NBC that the campaign had been hacked by an Iranian group in June, “which coincides with the near timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential candidate.”
It also comes after the FBI said Monday it was investigating attempts to hack the Biden-Harris and Trump presidential campaigns.
This is not the first time there have been allegations of interference in US elections by foreign states.
In 2019, analysis by a former senior FBI official concluded that Russian hackers used a technology company owned by a Russian businessman to hack Democratic Party officials.
The previous year, the United States imposed sanctions on 19 Russians for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
This story originally appeared on News.sky.com read the full story
