Do you recall the times when Democrats fought back against alleged foreign interference in the 2016 elections as a result of some dumb Russian-made memes? These jokes, according to the tale, allegedly cost Hillary Clinton her victory. The accusations were absurd, of program, but the real threat of international vote interference is present and it appears to be little because the Trump campaign was the target.
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Next week, we learned that Iran, which hacked the Trump campaign earlier this summer, passed supplies on to the Biden-Harris plan. Thus far, the Trump administration’s report on JD Vance has already been published. It has n’t stopped, either.  ,
Recent reports this week have revealed an ongoing Egyptian exploit that targets the Trump campaign, with the stolen information allegedly being used to hurt Trump’s 2024 charge. In the modern era, political campaigns are increasingly vulnerable because of concerns about foreign election disturbance.
A phishing attack was carried out last month by a group affiliated with Iran’s Muslim Revolutionary Guard Corps knowledge system, according to Microsoft. Weeks later, the Trump campaign alleged that it had been hacked by Egyptian employees.
The FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a joint declaration last month stating that” Egyptian malicious computer players” had obtained” stolen, non-public materials from former President Trump’s plan”. Iran denies that it was responsible for the exploit.
One may say that Microsoft deserves some credit for identifying the invasion, but I still have some concerns. Microsoft apparently made “key improvements” to an individuality verification tool that allegedly were used by Chinese hackers to steal government email accounts last summer.
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Wow, that exploit took place next summer? Microsoft sure sounds like they’re really prioritizing cybersecurity, are n’t they? For some reason, it was only revealed this week that Microsoft was suddenly beginning to prioritize protection over everything else.
Why do they only then make security their top focus?
” I guess the burr under my saddle is that Microsoft appears to want to be applauded, appreciated, and admired for recognizing — here in the year 2024 — that security ca n’t be a second thought and certainly should never be an after-thought” writes Bob Evans at Acceleration Economy. ” That’s why I’m puzzled about what Microsoft’s leading concern was before CEO Satya Nadella decided that security is now The Great Thing from here on out.”
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The precise system that the Trump campaign employs is still unsure, but what we do understand is nevertheless troubling. Microsoft, a business deeply embedded in provincial government operations, has allowed major intrusions for more than a year. And only now, they’ve decided to make security a top priority. Why did it take them so much to acknowledge the very real online dangers?
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The uncomfortable mismanagement of tricks that have recently hit government agencies and are now a focus of a political campaign does n’t simply build confidence in Microsoft’s ability to defend sensitive information from foreigners.
Any plan or government agency that uses their services should be woken up by Microsoft’s tardiness in responding to these spying threats. It’s important to take security really if we want to secure upcoming elections, and that means holding tech giants like Microsoft to account.