The findings are the latest evidence that foreign governments are conducting clandestine operations ahead of U.S. elections in November.
The logo of Microsoft is pictured during the launch of Surface Book 2 and Surface Laptop at a promotional event in New Delhi on Aug. 7, 2018. A hacking group linked to the Iranian government tried to breach the email accounts of presidential campaign staffers as part of a wider effort to gather intelligence ahead of the U.S. election, Microsoft Corp. said Friday.
Other Iranian groups are using artificial intelligence technology to publish content online insulting former president Donald Trump and create inflammatory posts about controversial issues such as gender reassignment surgery, according to the report. “Iran’s cyber capabilities are defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces,” Ali Karimi Magham, a spokesperson for Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York, said in an emailed statement. “Iran has neither the intention nor plans to launch cyber attacks. The U.S. presidential election is an internal matter in which Iran does not interfere.”
Iranian operatives in 2020 impersonated members of the right-wing Proud Boys group as part of a voter intimidation effort, according to the FBI, resulting in charges against two men. That same year, Iranian hackers breached a website that a municipal government in the U.S. used to publish election results, though the attackers were caught before carrying out any nefarious activity, U.S. cybersecurity officials said.
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