The campaign teams of both political camps in the US are in the crosshairs of foreign hackers. Now Trump’s campaign team says that the threat posed by Iran is even greater.
According to his campaign team, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been informed by US intelligence “about real and concrete threats from Iran to assassinate him.” Iran’s goal is to destabilize the United States and sow chaos, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said, citing the Office of National Intelligence. Trump was informed of this on Tuesday (local time).
“Intelligence officials have determined that these sustained and coordinated attacks have increased in recent months,” Cheung continued. Law enforcement officials from all agencies are working to ensure that Trump is protected and that the presidential election on November 5 will take place free of interference. “The terror regime in Iran loves the weakness of Kamala Harris and is afraid of the strength and determination of President Trump,” Cheung said of Trump’s Democratic opponent, US Vice President Harris.
A few days ago, US intelligence agencies and the FBI released new information about the hacker access to Trump’s campaign team’s internal communications that became known in August. According to the report, Iranian hackers are said to have forwarded stolen material to people associated with the campaign team of Joe Biden – then still the Democratic presidential candidate – at the end of June and beginning of July. The aim of such actions is to sow discord, undermine confidence in the electoral process and influence the outcome of the US elections, it was said.
Source: Stern
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