Iranian hackers tried to pass stolen Trump campaign info to Biden camp, U.S. intel says

The intelligence agencies claimed the new findings are the latest in Iran's efforts to "stoke discord and undermine confidence in our electoral process." They also warned that Russia, and China, are also increasing their efforts to "exacerbate" division in the United States.

By Misty Severi

Published: September 18, 2024 6:44pm

Updated: September 18, 2024 6:58pm

Multiple U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday revealed that the group of Iranian hackers who hacked former President Donald Trump's campaign attempted to share the information it obtained with President Joe Biden's campaign.

A group of Iranian hackers hacked into Trump's and Biden's presidential campaigns this summer, in what the FBI labeled last month was an attempt to influence the 2024 presidential election.

The FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said the hackers have also tried to send private information from the Trump campaign to the U.S. media, but did not indicate whether any of the information was ever published.

“Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails,” the agencies said in a joint statement. “There is currently no information indicating those recipients replied.”

The intelligence agencies claimed the new findings are the latest in Iran's efforts to "stoke discord and undermine confidence in our electoral process." They also warned that Russia and China are trying to "exacerbate" division in the United States.

The Trump campaign commented on the new development in a statement on Wednesday night, claiming it was "further proof" that Iran was trying to help Democrats win the election.

“This is further proof the Iranians are actively interfering in the election to help Kamala Harris and Joe Biden because they know President Trump will restore his tough sanctions and stand against their reign of terror," Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said. "Kamala and Biden must come clean on whether they used the hacked material given to them by the Iranians to hurt President Trump. What did they know and when did they know it?”

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.