Who’s behind the cyber attacks –

Iran is behind the cyberattacks against Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’ campaigns. This is the conclusion reached by the FBI and other American intelligence agencies, which investigated the hacks of recent weeks, accusations immediately denied by Tehran and branded as “unfounded”. “We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, particularly including influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting presidential campaigns,” reads a joint statement from the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Cyber ​​and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Specifically, U.S. intelligence attributes to Iran both “recently reported activities to compromise the Trump campaign” and attempts “through social engineering and other efforts” to reach individuals with direct access to the presidential campaigns of both parties: such activities, including thefts and disclosures, are intended to influence the U.S. electoral process. “The FBI and intelligence therefore emphasize that “it is important to note that this approach is not new: Iran and Russia have employed these tactics not only in the United States during this and previous federal election cycles, but also in other countries around the world.”

And protecting the “integrity” of the election from foreign interference is a “priority.” The accusations of the American authorities are “baseless and without foundation,” the Iranian mission to the United Nations denounced, urging Washington to release evidence of their claims. “As we have previously announced, the Islamic Republic of Iran has neither the intention nor the motive to interfere in the US presidential election,” the embassy reiterated.