Sources: Trump's re-election campaign is the presidential campaign that Microsoft said was targeted by Iranian hackers
SAN FRANCISCO — Iranian hackers targeted President Trump's re-election campaign, two people with knowledge of the attacks said on Friday, in a sign of how cyberattacks …
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Discussion
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@nicoleperlroth
Nicole Perlroth
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Just your periodic reminder that election interference can cut both ways. Especially when it's Iran doing the hacking. https://twitter.com/...
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@maxboot
Max Boot
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Trying to imagine how Republicans would react if Biden said, “Tehran if you're listening,” and offered Iran a generous nuclear deal in return for dirt on Trump. Bet they wouldn't think it's all a big joke. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@alexstamos
Alex Stamos
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Multiple countries trying to intervene on opposing sides in 2020 was part of my @lawfareblog speculative fiction that doesn't look so speculative anymore. https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@wildpalmsltd
@wildpalmsltd
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Russia is not the only country interested in swaying the 2020 election. But their success and our failure to harden our democracy has emboldened others. #HandMarkedPaperBallots #ElectionInterference https://www.wired.com/...
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@shadowingtrump
Shadow Cabinet
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Hmm, here come the Iranians. Where did they get the idea of manipulating our elections? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@nicoleperlroth
Nicole Perlroth
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BREAKING: The candidate Iranian hackers targeted? Microsoft will not say but sources confirm it was @realDonaldTrump's. https://twitter.com/...
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@nxthompson
Nicholas Thompson
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One consequence of Russia's successful 2016 election malfeasance: other countries are now trying the same thing. Today we learn that Iran has tried to hack into at least one Presidential campaign. https://www.wired.com/...
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@posttech
@posttech
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A campaign believed to be tied to the Iranian government attempted to identify, attack and breach email addresses belonging to U.S. presidential campaigns, government officials and journalists. Via @greene and @TonyRomm https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@hawaiidelilah
@hawaiidelilah
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Will be interesting to see if Republicans thinks this is very legal and very cool. https://twitter.com/...
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@natashafatah
Natasha Fatah
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#BREAKING Iranians tried to hack U.S. presidential campaign in effort that targeted hundreds, Microsoft says Reuters and other news media outlets report the hackers targeted President Trump's campaign https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@sheistenacious
True Blue
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Seems like a good time to beef up election security. Isn't that right #MoscowMitch ? #DemForce https://twitter.com/...
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@wired
@wired
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Russia doesn't have a monopoly on election hacking. In an aggressive new email phishing push, Microsoft says, Iranian hackers have targeted a US presidential campaign. https://www.wired.com/...
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@adegrandpre
Andrew deGrandpre
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'The aggressiveness of Iran's digital efforts has escalated as its political standing with Washington has worsened, particularly in recent months as President Trump has threatened sanctions over the country's nuclear program.' https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@scotttaylorva
Scott Taylor
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We must create a Cyber “Monroe” doctrine. Policy with teeth to deal with attacks on election/infrastructure/ national interests. U.S. Should lead on this. I introduced legislation early in 115th Congress and would immediately do so again if elected. https://twitter.com/...
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@nytimes
@nytimes
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Breaking News: Hackers backed by Iran targeted the email accounts of at least one presidential campaign, journalists and U.S. officials, Microsoft said https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@alirezanader
Alireza Nader
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Who becomes the next US President is critical to the survival of the Islamic Republic, esp as sanctions take their toll and the regime figures out a way to return America to JCPOA https://twitter.com/...
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@politicalmiller
Jack Miller
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We have a president who won't lift a finger to protect American democracy. And now our enemies know it too. https://twitter.com/...
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@ap
@ap
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BREAKING: Microsoft says that hackers linked to Iranian government targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, government officials, media targets and prominent expatriate Iranians. https://apnews.com/...
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@wajahatali
Wajahat Ali
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Well, when Trump invites foreign interference... https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@washingtonpost
@washingtonpost
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Microsoft linked the hacking campaign to Iran's government but did not identify the targets https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@bing_chris
Chris Bing
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“The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. presidential campaign, current and former U.S. government officials, journalists covering global politics and prominent Iranians living outside Iran” https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
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@jasonmbrodsky
Jason Brodsky
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Interesting blog post by @Microsoft. It discloses “significant cyber activity by a threat group we call Phosphorous, which we believe originates from #Iran.” It has targeted accounts associated w/ a 2020 U.S. presidential candidate. https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...