Trump re-election campaign targeted by Iran-linked hackers -sources

By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter on Oct 8, 2019 6:55AM

Trump re-election campaign targeted by Iran-linked hackers -sources

Also targeted US government officials, journalists and prominent Iranians.

A hacking group that appears to be linked to the Iranian government attempted to break into US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign but were unsuccessful, sources familiar with the operation told Reuters on Friday. Microsoft Corp said earlier on Friday in a blog post that it saw ...

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