Russian offensive returns to interfere in US elections, according to Microsoft

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The Russian spies who intervened and leaked tens of thousands of emails from Democrats to wreak havoc in the 2016 elections are again acting to interfere in the November 3 presidential elections.

This was announced by Microsoft on Thursday, which claims to have detected attacks on campaign staff and consultants from both parties.

The large technology company, provider of the widespread Windows operating system and a popular cloud computing service, claims to have also detected attempts to access

accounts

by China and Iran.

Microsoft claims, in a blog post titled "New Cyber ​​Attacks Targeting the US Elections," that

Russian

"have attacked more than 200 organizations, including political campaigns, advocacy groups, parties, and political consultants" since September 2019. Hours earlier, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources from the technology company, that the consulting firm SKDK, which works with the campaign of the Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, Joe Biden, had been the victim of an attempted computer attack by part of

supported by the Russian Government.

They have also detected "thousands of attacks" by

Chinese

, between March and September of this year, "aimed at obtaining intelligence" from organizations and individuals linked to the elections, "including individuals associated with the Joe Biden presidential campaign."

Iran has tried, according to Microsoft, to

accounts linked to Donald Trump's re-election campaign.

Neither attack was successful.

Microsoft's information is consistent with recent warnings from the director of the Office of National Intelligence, who assured that activity had been detected from the three countries.

But Russia's intention and ability to interfere in the elections, according to intelligence services, is greater than that of China and Iran.

US intelligence has documented in detail a massive Russian interference operation in the elections four years ago, an offensive that Trump has despised, calling it a setup that seeks to undermine the legitimacy of his electoral victory.

The announcement comes on the same day that the formal complaint of Brian Murphy, a former senior official in the Department of Homeland Security, was made public, who denounces having received pressure from his superiors to stop providing intelligence reports on the threat of interference Russia in the November elections, and to report more on interference activities by China and Iran.

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