Iran-linked hackers attempted to break into President Trump’s re-election campaign, but failed
that it saw"significant" cyber activity by the group which also targeted current and former U.S. government officials, journalists covering global politics and prominent Iranians living outside Iran.
In a 30-day period between August and September, the group, dubbed “Phosphorous” by Microsoft, made more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts belonging to specific customers and then attacked 241 of those accounts. Microsoft’s blog post did not identify the election campaign whose network was targeted by Phosphorous hackers, but sources told Reuters the target was Trump’s re-election effort.Chris Krebs, director of the Homeland Security Department’s election security division, known as CISA, said he was aware of the Microsoft report. In a statement, Krebs called it “yet more evidence that our adversaries are looking to undermine our democratic institutions.
The Iranian government did not issue any immediate comment through state-run media on Microsoft’s statement.
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