Microsoft: Iran's Pirates has targeted US presupment campaigns

Microsoft said that Pirates linked to the Iranian government tried to penetrate the e -mail accounts for workers in US presidential election campaigns, as part of a broader attempt to collect intelligence before the upcoming election. According to the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center report, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in Iran used a chopped email address belonging to a former political consultant in a new failed hunting attempt to enter an official account at a high level in a presidential election campaign. The report indicated that the collection of Pirates, called Microsoft ‘Mint Sandstorm’, also tried to report to a former presidential candidate account, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The report did not mention the names of individuals targeted in these electronic attacks. Confidence in the US election The report added that there are other Iranian groups that use artificial intelligence techniques to spread online content that attacks former US President Donald Trump, and this creates inflammatory publications on controversial issues such as sexual transformation. Microsoft researchers also reported that in several previous events, Iranian groups have tried to destabilize the US election system and have been preparing for operations since March to start influencing public opinion. These groups also launched a similar to media propaganda that attempts to blow up stimulating political messages in public opinion, focusing on topics such as presidential candidates and the Israeli war against Hamas, and websites containing false and lifted content were used. Previous cyber attacks on America consider the results of this report the latest proof that foreign governments are launching secret operations before the US election is planned for November. Last July, US intelligence officers warned that Russia, China and Iran recruited people to distribute propaganda in the United States. While a representative of the Iranian government has denied these accusations. In 2020, Iranian agents in the body of the judge wanderers are denied as part of an attempt to intimidate voters, according to the federal investigation office, and consequently accusations against two men are charged. In the same year, Iranian pirates cut a website used by a local government in the United States to distribute the election results, but people behind the attack were arrested before they were able to carry out any harmful activities, according to US officials in the field of cyber security. Uninformation of presidential campaigns, sponsored by the governments of some countries, launched email attacks in attempts to infiltrate the US political campaigns, such as the Russian attack in 2016, in which a group funded by one of the countries published internal email messages for Hillary Clinton campaigns. The US State Department on Wednesday identified six Iranian pirates accused of penetrating the industrial control systems used by US public aid programs. The Iranian government did not immediately respond to the request for comment.