After Trump campaign hacked… the Harris campaign announces it was targeted by foreign hackers

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign said Tuesday it had been targeted by foreign hackers, days after Donald Trump’s campaign claimed it had been hacked by Iran.

Last July, the campaign’s legal and security teams notified the FBI that we were the target of an influence operation by foreign actors, a Harris campaign official said.

“We’ve strong cybersecurity measures in place, and we aren’t aware of any security breaches of our systems resulting from these efforts,” he added.

The campaign didn’t provide any indication of the foreign entity believed to be behind the attempt, but said it was still in contact with the authorities.

The US State Department warned Iran on Monday of the consequences of any interference in the US elections following the Trump campaign’s announcement that it had been hacked.

The Trump campaign on Saturday accused Iran of being behind the hacking and distribution of documents to media outlets related to background checks on Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance.

The campaign warned the media against using the documents, saying such action would serve “America’s enemies”.

The tone of the campaign was different from that of 2016, when Trump expressed at a news conference his hope that Russia would find Hillary Clinton’s emails, comments that were seen as encouraging Moscow to carry out further hacks of his rival.

US intelligence concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to support Trump, but he rejected this finding.