New Delhi: America and Iran are sworn enemies of each other. They both cannot stand each other. This is the reason why the enmity between America and Iran has been going on from the beginning. Now when the US is going to have presidential elections in November, how could it be possible that Iran is not mentioned? Yes, Iran has started influencing the US presidential election. Donald Trump’s campaign team has claimed that one of their websites has been hacked by Iran. Former President Donald Trump’s team said that they have been hacked. According to the team, Iranian people may be involved in stealing confidential documents and spreading them. This claim of the Trump team has come after Microsoft’s revelations. The team has cited the report in which allegations have been made against Iran.
In fact, Donald Trump’s election campaign team has confirmed that some of his confidential communications have been hacked. This came to light when ‘POLITICO’ started receiving emails from an unknown source. These allegedly contained confidential documents of Donald Trump’s election campaign. Trump’s election campaign team has cited a recent Microsoft report for this breach and blamed ‘foreign sources hostile to America’. However, it did not directly name Iran. Meanwhile, Microsoft has not clearly mentioned in its disclosure which campaign team in America was targeted. But Trump has claimed that Iran has targeted his own campaign team.
What Microsoft Revealed
The world’s leading IT company Microsoft made a sensational claim in this regard on Friday. According to Microsoft, Iran is increasing online activities. Its purpose seems to be to influence the US elections. It said that the presidential election campaign is being targeted through ’email phishing’ attack. Let us tell you that the attempt to steal personal or your online account information is called ‘phishing’. For this, fraudulent emails, messages, advertisements or sites that look like the sites you are already using are used.
What message did Donald Trump give to Iran?
Meanwhile, Donald Trump wrote on the social media platform ‘Truth’, ‘Microsoft has just told us that one of our websites has been hacked by the Iranian government. This is not right. They have only been able to get public information, but doing this is wrong. Our government is weak and ineffective, so Iran and other countries do not hesitate to do anything. But now this will not last long. Iran does not understand that I am going to make the world a better and safer place, and this is good for them too!’
What did the Trump team say?
At the same time, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, ‘These documents were illegally obtained from foreign sources hostile to the US. Their purpose is to interfere in the 2024 elections and spread chaos in our democratic process.’ He also linked the timing of this incident to a Microsoft report. The Microsoft report mentioned the tampering of the account of a top-ranking official of the US presidential election campaign by Iranian hackers in June 2024. This timing coincides with the time of Trump’s selection of the vice-presidential candidate.
What’s in the report?
Let us tell you that the latest report of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center focuses on the increasing cyber activities of foreign powers, especially Iran, in the US presidential election. This is the third report in the series of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center after earlier reports on the activities of Russia and China. The findings of Microsoft’s new intelligence report suggest that Iran is developing its strategy for another election, which is likely to have global implications. However, Iran has denied these allegations. Iran’s UN mission has denied that it has any plans to interfere in the US presidential election or carry out cyber attacks.
Another disclosure was made on Iran
It is worth noting that Iran has been particularly opposing Donald Trump. Earlier, the US Justice Department had disclosed criminal charges against a Pakistani man having ties with Iran. He is accused of plotting to murder several officials, possibly including Trump. Let us tell you that there is a great contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in America. Right now a close contest is seen between the two. In some surveys, Trump is ahead, while in some Kamala Harris is ahead. Now only on November 5 will we know who is the new boss of America? (from input language also)
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 12, 2024, 06:49 IST