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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin

US intelligence officials say Iran behind Trump campaign hack

Trump in blue suit on stage
Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania on Monday. Photograph: Tierney L Cross/Getty Images

US intelligence officials have confirmed that Iran was behind a hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, authorities said on Monday.

In a joint statement, the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it attributed “recently reported activities to compromise former President Trump’s campaign” to Iran, and that the intelligence community is “confident that the Iranians have through social engineering and other efforts sought access to individuals with direct access to the presidential campaigns of both political parties”.

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