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| Iranian govt-linked op tried to HACK TRUMP 2020 campaign, report claims | |
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| A hacking group allegedly linked to Tehran targeted US President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign but was "unsuccessful," claims a Reuters report citing sources. It follows a similar Microsoft statement not naming the targets. | A hacking group allegedly linked to Tehran targeted US President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign but was "unsuccessful," claims a Reuters report citing sources. It follows a similar Microsoft statement not naming the targets. |
| The threat group, dubbed “Phosphorous,” attempted to hack into accounts associated with Trump’s reelection campaign, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. | |
| Earlier, Microsoft issued a press release describing the alleged Iran-linked attacks. While “unsophisticated,” the hackers had apparently spent considerable time researching their 241 targets, which also included political journalists and Iranian expats. | |
| Just last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warned the US that it had bitten off more than it could chew when it started a cyberwar by unleashing the Stuxnet virus on Iran’s nuclear centrifuges in 2010: “But any war that the United States starts, it won’t be able to finish.” | |
| The Trump campaign has denied it was targeted by hackers. “We have no indication that any of our campaign infrastructure was targeted,” Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh told Reuters. | |
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