World News | FBI Says It is Investigating After Trump Campaign Said Sensitive Documents Were Hacked by Iran
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The FBI has said it is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from the Trump campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion days after the campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran.
Washington, Aug 13 (AP) The FBI has said it is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from the Trump campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion days after the campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran.
The FBI on Monday released a brief statement reading, “We can confirm the FBI is investigating this matter”.
The campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran's involvement, but the claim came shortly after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents' attempts to interfere in the US campaign in 2024. The report cited an instance of an Iranian military intelligence unit in June sending “a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign from a compromised email account of a former senior advisor”.
Iran's mission to the United Nations, when asked about the claim of the Trump campaign, denied being involved. (AP)
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