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August 09, 2024
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Iranians ramp up cyber attacks linked to US election, warns Microsoft

The U.S. voting public is the target of misinformation campaigns from within and from without. The Financial Times reports that one of the foreign sources of attempted interference in our election is Iran: Iranian state-backed actors have sought to access senior US political figures’ email accounts and launched “covert news sites” aimed at American readers […]

Cyberattack, Data Breach News, Europe, News
March 25, 2024
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China accused of “malign” cyberattack on UK’s Electoral Commission “after hacking data of 40 million voters”

The Independent reports: China has been accused of a “malign” cyberattack on Britain after it allegedly accessed millions of voters’ personal details during a hack on the election watchdog. The UK is poised to sanction those believed to be involved in Chinese state-backed interference, after deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden sets out details about the alleged incident later on […]