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FBI claims Iranian hackers tried to interest Biden campaign with stolen information on Trump [Video]

IRANIAN HACKERS SOUGHT to interest President Joe Biden’s campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump’s campaign, the FBI and other federal agencies have said.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign called the emails from Iran “unwelcome and unacceptable malicious activity” that were received by only a few people who regarded them as spam or phishing attempts. 

The federal agencies said unsolicited emails were sent to people associated with the then-Democratic candidate in an effort to interfere in the 2024 election.

There is no indication that any of the recipients responded, officials said, and several media organisations approached over the summer with leaked stolen information have also said they did not respond.

The emails were received before the hack of the Trump campaign was publicly acknowledged and there is no evidence the recipients of the emails knew their origin.

The announcement is the latest US government effort to call out …

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