Russian hackers targeted the California and Indiana Democratic partiesThe group of Russian hackers accused of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election earlier this year targeted email accounts of Democratic state parties in California and Indiana, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Iranian hackers targeted voters in Florida and elsewhereA group of Iranian hackers sent thousands of threatening messages to voters in several states, including Florida, according to US officials. Chinese hackers targeted Biden associatesIn September Microsoft provided the most detailed pre-election breakdown of how foreign hackers were trying to snoop on the vote, alleging that Chinese hackers had targeted "people associated with the Joe Biden for President campaign." Microsoft also detailed similar activity by Russian and Iranian hackers. Iranian hackers failed to break into Trump's campaign in 2019In one of the earliest warnings tied to the 2020 presidential contest, Microsoft warned in October of last year that Iranian hackers had unsuccessfully targeted an unspecified presidential campaign.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 31, 2020 09:33 UTC