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New cyberattacks targeting U.S. elections
In recent weeks, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting people and organizations involved in the upcoming presidential election, including unsuccessful attacks on people associated with both the Trump and Biden campaigns, as detailed below. We have and will continue to defend our democracy against these attacks through notifications of such activity to impacted customers, security features in our products and services, and legal and technical disruptions. The activity we are announcing today makes clear that foreign activity groups have stepped up their efforts targeting the 2020 election as had been anticipated, and is consistent with what the U.S. government and others have reported. We also report here on attacks against other institutions and enterprises worldwide that reflect similar adversary activity.
We have observed that:
Strontium, operating from Russia, has attacked more than 200 organizations including political campaigns, advocacy groups, parties and political consultants
Zirconium, operating from China, has attacked high-profile individuals associated with the election, including people associated with the Joe Biden for President campaign and prominent leaders in the international affairs community
Phosphorus, operating from Iran, has continued to attack the personal accounts of people associated with the Donald J. Trump for President campaign
People here may view Microsoft's claims of stopping all these cyber-attacks with derision. Although, this is a Microsoft Memo, many other media outlets have have gone ahead with the story. I expect that all countries that are capable of such cyber-attacks shall make attempts. They have nothing much to lose and no incentive to stop trying!
Other coverage: Russian Intelligence Hackers Are Back, Microsoft Warns, Aiming at Officials of Both Parties and China, Russia and Iran all attacking US elections and using some nasty new tactics, says Microsoft.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 12 2020, @05:13AM (3 children)
Just the other post says the US is the number one cyber power.
Maybe Harvard Kennedy School's super hard-working super-brilliant team should take charge of the election.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday September 12 2020, @09:37AM (1 child)
Someone want to tell Iran that they're going after the wrong target? If you want to get ahead, help the patsy get re-elected and pretend to suck up to him like other totalitarian states have done, then you'll get everything you want. He'll even defend you against his own government advisors.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday September 12 2020, @05:50PM
TMB, they are after you. A bit more and they'll detect S/N servers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Saturday September 12 2020, @05:52PM
That's wool over the eyes to avoid the panic.
Or just postpone it a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford