Based on a report by Microsoft, the Trump campaign is claiming that foreign state-backed hackers are behind the attack that involved a leak of a vice presidential vetting dossier and other materials to US media outlets.
Two Iranian hackers have been indicted for election interference, charged with stealing information from state voter rolls to personally target thousands of individual voters as well as members of Congress and campaign staffers.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has issued a statement that Iranian and Russian actors have US voter data and are using it to engage in election interference.
