The FBI is currently investigating a cyber-attack on a Trump campaign website, according to an FBI statement to the Associated Press. Trump blamed the attack on the Iranian government but claimed that only publicly available information was compromised.

Politico, the Washington Post, and the New York Times reported receiving internal Trump campaign documents from the hack. The material included private communications between Trump campaign officials and a 271-page background information document on Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, according to Politico. The hacker also claimed they possessed a “variety of documents from [Trump’s] legal and court documents to internal campaign discussions.” At the time of writing, no news outlets have published any of the material they were sent

Iran denied involvement in the attack, stating that the country “has no purpose or motive to interfere in the US presidential election.”

On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it has intelligence “that increasingly points to Iran’s intent to influence this year’s US presidential election.” While Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Report states that actors from China and Russia have long been active this election cycle, the company states that many of the recent cyber-attacks intended to influence the election have come from Iran. According to the report, Iranian cyber-attacks are “more geared toward election conduct than swaying voters.” 

The FBI acknowledged that Iran is actively attempting to influence the 2024 presidential election, although the agency stated that Russia “remains the predominant threat” to the integrity of this election cycle. 

The Washington Post reported that the Harris campaign was also targeted. A Harris campaign official told USA TODAY that they “are not aware of any security breaches of our systems.”