Hackers from Russia and China attacked Trump and Biden's campaign teams?
Microsoft has accused hackers from Russia, China and Iran of cyberattacks targeting the election campaigns of incumbent US President Donald Trump and his election opponent Joe Biden, Sputnik reported.
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“In recent weeks, Microsoft has observed cyberattacks targeting individuals and organizations related to the upcoming presidential election, including unsuccessful attacks on individuals associated with the Trump and Biden campaigns,” the announcement said.
Specifically, a group called Strontium, which the company said was operating from Russia, is suspected of attacking more than 200 organizations, including candidate campaigns, non-governmental organizations, political parties and consultants.
The Zirconium group, operating from China, is said to have attacked prominent figures involved in the election in general and the Biden campaign in particular.
Microsoft also claimed that the Phosphorus group, operating from Iran, was attacking personal accounts associated with President Trump's campaign.
On July 16, it was reported that hackers had infiltrated the Twitter account of former US Vice President Joe Biden, who is officially nominated as the Democratic candidate for the upcoming presidential election. In addition, cyberattacks targeted the personal pages of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, financial manager Warren Buffett, former US President Barack Obama and others. Hackers have also attacked the accounts of Apple and Uber.
