The United States said the hackers sent emails, which included stolen excerpts from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, to staff of his then-rival, Joe Biden. Both presidential candidates said such attempts took place.
The United States said the hackers sent emails, which included stolen excerpts from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, to staff of his then-rival, Joe Biden. Both presidential candidates said such attempts took place.
From what I’ve read in the past, Iranian state actors – influence campaigns and breaking into computers and such – have opposed another Trump presidency.
Trump greenlighted the hit on Soleimani, and is more-supportive of Israel.
Russian state actors, on the other hand, have been supportive of another Trump presidency.
I imagine that that’s something that Tehran and Moscow probably need to work out.
EDIT:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/business/media/iran-disinformation-us-presidential-race.html
EDIT2: I was just (critically) discussing Microsoft’s naming scheme for hostile groups the other day. Russian ones are named “something Blizzard” and Iranian ones “something Sandstorm”.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-xdr/microsoft-threat-actor-naming
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-says-iranian-hackers-sent-trump-information-to-biden-camp/ar-AA1qNFnn
Those Iranian guys are APT42, aka “Mint Sandstorm”.
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fancy-bear-us-hacking-campaign-government-energy/
https://www.logpoint.com/en/blog/emerging-threats/forest-blizzard/
And Russian guys, APT28, aka “Forest Blizzard”.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-accuses-russia-election-interference/
EDIT3: Both the Russian and Iranian camps have been reported to be trying to increase political division and decrease trust in the American political system, so I guess they’re aligned on that much, at any rate.