Microsoft Sounds the Alarm: It’s About Iran-Linked Hackers and US Elections

Microsoft emphasizes in its report that the attempt to break into the account of one of the high-ranking officials is just one of many used to influence the presidential elections in the US by hackers linked to Tehran, which are to be held in November. The attack took place in June. In May, a group of hackers broke into the account of another official working in one of the counties in the United States.

Hackers are working on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

The hacking group is said to be led by an intelligence unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran’s representatives to the United Nations said in a statement that Tehran’s cyber capabilities are “defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces” and that no cyberattacks are planned. “The presidential election is a domestic U.S. matter in which Iran does not interfere,” the Iranians said in response to the allegations in the Microsoft report. According to U.S. intelligence officials, Iran is increasingly trying to create chaos in the United States through social media.

The US presidential campaign and mood swings

Microsoft emphasizes in its report that Iranian hacker groups, while trying to obtain intelligence information about the presidential campaign in the United States, also want to influence mood swings in the United States. Let us recall that according to a poll conducted on July 22 and 23 by Kamala Harris could count on 44 percent support, while Donald Trump on 42 percent. In turn, according to the latest poll conducted by the Marist Institute for NPR and PBS News, the Democratic candidate has 51 percent support, and the Republican candidate 48 percent. American television ABC, in turn, has already confirmed that Harris and Trump will appear in the presidential debate on September 10.