Similarly, an Iran-linked APT group were found to be targeting email accounts belonging to Trumps campaign staff.

Recently TAG saw China APT group targeting Biden campaign staff & Iran APT targeting Trump campaign staff with phishing.

No sign of compromise.

HACKER TARGETING ELECTION

We sent users our govt attack warning and we referred to fed law enforcement, Huntley tweeted.

Recently TAG saw China APT group targeting Biden campaign staff & Iran APT targeting Trump campaign staff with phishing.

No sign of compromise.

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A Google spokesperson confirmed that there was no evidence that the phishing attempts were successful.

We didnt see evidence that these attempts were successful.

A spokesperson for Bidens campaign told that they were aware of the targeting.

A spokesperson for the Trump campaign also stated that they had received an update on the incident.

The Trump campaign has been briefed that foreign actors unsuccessfully attempted to breach the technology of our staff.

We are vigilant about cybersecurity and do not discuss any of our precautions, a campaign official said.

This is not the first phishing attack that has taken place to target U.S. presidential campaigns this year.

source: www.techworm.net