Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday.

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Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US election, Microsoft says

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Microsoft said that Iranian groups have historically tried to undermine trust in US elections have since March been preparing to launch influence operations.

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Iranian operatives have ramped up their attempts to influence and monitor the US presidential election by creating fake news outlets targeting liberal and conservative voters and by trying to hack an unnamed presidential campaign, Microsoft said in research published late Thursday.

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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new report from Microsoft finds that Iran is ramping up online activity that appears intended to influence the upcoming U.S. election. Friday’s report finds that Iranian actors have recently created fake news sites, impersonated activists and in one case targeted a U.S. presidential campaign official with an email phishing attack. The technology giant says the activity shows how Iran is laying the groundwork to…

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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iranian operatives have ramped up their attempts to influence and monitor the US presidential election by creating fake news outlets targeting liberal and conservative voters and by trying to hack an unnamed presidential campaign, Microsoft said in research published late Thursday. One of the phony news sites allegedly created by Iranian operatives called former President Donald Trump an “opioid-pilled elephant in th…

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