State-backed hackers have attempted to infiltrate targets related to US elections more than 700 times in the past year, furthering concerns about potential meddling in upcoming races, according to a blog posted Wednesday by Microsoft Corp.[WASHINGTON] State-backed hackers have attempted to infiltrate targets related to US elections more than 700 times in the past year, furthering concerns about potential meddling in upcoming races, according to a blog posted Wednesday by Microsoft Corp.
The company has counted nearly 10,000 hacks globally stemming from state-sponsored attacks in the past year. Of those, 781 have been to democracy-focused organisations, particularly non-governmental organisations and think tanks, and nearly all of those attacks, 95 per cent, are against US-based organisations.
The post comes as presidential campaigns heat up amid concerns that the 2020 election will face some of the same meddling, or worse, that occurred in the last election, when Russia waged a hacking and social media effort to help Donald Trump's campaign.The Trump administration has issued warnings that Russia, Iran and China are seeking to manipulate public opinion ahead of the 2020 election.
So far at least, there have been no successful breaches of campaigns or election systems related to the 2020 election disclosed by Microsoft or the Trump administration. Microsoft says it stopped attacks against US think-tanks and leading candidates for the US Senate last year, though it didn't identify the candidates.
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