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Hackers tried breaking into account of ‘high-ranking official’ on US presidential campaign, researchers say

Iran’s mission to the UN told Reuters its cyber capabilities were ‘defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces’ and that it had no plans to launch cyber-attacks.Iran’s mission to the UN told Reuters its cyber capabilities were ‘defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces’ and that it had no plans to launch cyber-attacks.

“The US presidential election is an internal matter in which Iran does not interfere,” the mission added in response to the allegations in the Microsoft report. The hackers weren’t able to access any other accounts through that breach and the targets were notified, the report added.

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