For the third presidential election in a row, the foreign hacking of the campaigns has begun in earnest.
But this time, it’s the Iranians, not the Russians, making the first significant move.
On Friday, Microsoft released a report declaring that a hacking group run by the intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had successfully breached the account of a “former senior adviser” to a presidential campaign.
From that account, Microsoft said, the group sent fake email messages, known as “spear phishing,” to “a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign” in an effort to break into the campaign’s own accounts and databases.
The facts were murkier, and it is unclear what, if anything, the Iranian group, which Microsoft called Mint Sandstorm, was able to achieve.
Persons:
”, Donald J, Trump, ” Biden
Organizations:
Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian Government
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