What do Russia and Iran have to gain from obtaining US voter information?

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It doesn’t appear to be a particularly sophisticated attack – but we should probably expect more of this in the coming weeks, writes Sean O’Grady

Indeed, the director of US counter-Intelligence William Evanina stated on 8 August that Russia, Iran and China were using “covert and overt influence measures” to interfere with the vote.

 

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Russia and Iran get informations about the US vote and will entering. The previous vote Russia and Iran help Trump this time will destroys Trump

You know it's not really Iran. MeK are exiled Iranian extremists, probably behind Estonian hack. Saudia Arabia & Estonia are where the IPs resolve to. No evidence for 'Iran' attribution, just Trump wanting to join his debtors in attacking Iran.

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A right laugh, can you believe how inferior the US education system is? 😂

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