A consulting firm working with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's 2020 campaign was targeted by hackers connected to the Russian government, Microsoft warned the firm, according to a report from Reuters. The unsuccessful attacks on SKDKnickerbocker came over the last two months and may have been targeting the Biden campaign or other clients of the firm, according to sources cited by Reuters. Russian diplomat Dmitry Peskov called the report "nonsense," Russian news agency TASS reported on Thursday. Fox News' inquiries to Microsoft, the Biden campaign and SKDKnickerbocker were not immediately returned. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News' Gillian Turner and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News September 10, 2020 14:48 UTC