Chinese and Iranian hackers targeted Biden and Trump campaigns, Google says

WASHINGTON: State-backed hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the US presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden, a senior Google security official said on Thursday. The same official said Iranian hackers had recently targeted email accounts belonging to Republican President Donald Trumpࢀ™s campaign staff. The announcement, made on Twitter by the head of Googleࢀ™s Threat Analysis Group, Shane Huntley, is the latest indication of the digital spying routinely aimed at top politicians. Huntley said there was ࢀœno sign of compromiseࢀ of either campaign. Iranian attempts to break into Trump campaign officialsࢀ™ emails have been documented before. Last year, Microsoft…