Intelligence agencies, CISA confirm Iranian threat to U.S. elections through Trump campaign compromise

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and CISA have issued a joint statement on Iranian efforts to influence U.S. elections, following details recently released by Microsoft and Google’s Threat Analysis Group over observed activity impacting political campaigns.

“We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, specifically involving influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns. This includes the recently reported activities to compromise former President Trump’s campaign, which the...