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New Cyberattacks Targeting U.S. Elections - Microsoft On The Issues
New Cyberattacks Targeting U.S. Elections - Microsoft On The Issues
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Sep 10, 2020 | Tom Burt - Corporate Vice President, New cyberthreats
Customer Security & Trust require new ways to
protect democracy
Protecting healthcare
and human rights
organizations from
cyberattacks
Protecting democracy,
especially in a time of
In recent weeks, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks
crisis
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 Oct 4, 2019 | Tom Burt
features in our products and services, and legal and technical
Recent cyberattacks
disruptions. The activity we are announcing today makes
require us all to be
clear that foreign activity groups have stepped up their
vigilant
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. Stay Connected
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Phosphorus, operating from Iran, has continued to attack
the personal accounts of people associated with the
Donald J. Trump for President campaign
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