Kamala Harris campaign claims to be target of foreign hackers

Washington:

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign said Tuesday that she was targeted by foreign hackers, days after rival Donald Trump’s campaign suggested it had been hacked by Iran.

“In July, the campaign’s legal and security teams were notified by the FBI that we were the target of an influence operation by a foreign actor,” a Harris campaign official told AFP.

“We have robust cybersecurity measures in place and are not aware of any security breaches of our systems resulting from these efforts.”

The campaign gave no indication as to which foreign power was behind the attempt, but said it remained in contact with law enforcement agencies.

The US State Department warned Iran on Monday about the consequences of election interference following the Trump campaign’s announcement that it had been hacked.

The Trump campaign suggested Saturday that Iran was behind the breach in which documents, including research used to examine running mate J.D. Vance, were sent to reporters.

He warned the media against reprinting the documents, saying such action would be “doing the bidding of America’s enemies.”

The tone was different from 2016, when Trump said at a press conference that he hoped Russia would “find” Hillary Clinton’s emails, comments widely seen as encouraging more cyber attacks on his electoral opponent.

US intelligence concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to support Trump, who rejected the findings.

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