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(Photo by Michael Gruber\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"31.082795397137\"><body readability=\"62.944076969333\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. \u2014 <\/strong>U.S. authorities have only recently become aware that the Iranians working as part of a hack-and-leak operation targeting President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign attempted to share excerpts of stolen material with people associated with President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign, a former top U.S. cybersecurity official said Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters at the SentinelOne LABScon conference that based on conversations with people either in the federal government or those who have recently departed, \u201cthis is fairly late breaking\u201d and something \u201cthe government\u2019s only been aware of for the last couple of weeks, not something they\u2019ve been tracking for months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krebs, now the chief intelligence and public policy officer at SentinelOne, made the comment the day after the U.S. government said it had learned the Iranians \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/iran-hackers-trump-campaign-emails-biden\/\">sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden\u2019s campaign<\/a> that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump\u2019s campaign as text in the emails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no indication that the targets of those emails replied, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/newsroom\/press-releases\/press-releases-2024\/3994-odni-pr-22\">a joint statement <\/a>from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and CISA. \u201cFurthermore, Iranian malicious cyber actors have continued their efforts since June to send stolen, non-public material associated with former President Trump\u2019s campaign to U.S. media organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statement noted that the FBI learned of the attempts after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/newsroom\/press-releases\/press-releases-2024\/3981-joint-odni-fbi-and-cisa-statement-on-iranian-election-influence-efforts\">Aug. 19 joint statement<\/a> confirming public reporting that an Iranian-linked operation had targeted people close to both campaigns. The operation successfully compromised people close to the Trump campaign and obtained internal campaign materials, Microsoft reported Aug. 9, followed by confirmation from <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/microsoft-iran-makes-late-play-to-meddle-in-u-s-elections\/\">the Trump campaign Aug. 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday about the timeline or how it learned of the targeting connected to the Iranian operation. A spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 campaign did not immediately respond to questions about whether the people targeted as part of the Biden campaign are now working with the Harris campaign, or if those people notified authorities of the activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian government has denied the U.S. allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready devoid of any credibility and legitimacy, such allegations are fundamentally unfounded, and wholly inadmissible,\u201d a Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations spokesperson told CyberScoop late Wednesday. \u201cThe Islamic Republic of Iran does not engage in the internal uproars or electoral controversies of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving already unequivocally and repeatedly announced, Iran neither has any motive nor intent to interfere in the U.S. election; and, it therefore categorically repudiates such accusations,\u201d the spokesperson continued. \u201cShould the U.S. government genuinely seek the truth, it is incumbent upon them to formally and transparently provide their substantiated evidence, so as to receive a corresponding and precise response. 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