Russian and Chinese hackers target US presidential election

by drbyos The US presidential election on November 3 is targeted by hackers. On Thursday, September 10, the IT giant Microsoft revealed that in recent weeks it had detected cyber attacks from Russia and China, targeting people and organizations linked to the preparation of the political event. These attacks have targeted campaign staff for President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden, Microsoft vice president for security Tom Burt said in a blog post. The group said 200 such attacks were linked to Russian hacker groups such as Strontium, which Microsoft had already pointed out in the past. They…