Microsoft accuses Iranian hackers of meddling in the US election
Hacker groups linked to the Iranian government intend to influence the results of the upcoming US presidential election.
It is claimed that they follow election trends and spread messages on social networks in order to influence the opinion of the Americans and consequently the results of the elections.
From the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center report:
"One Iranian group has been launching covert news sites targeting US voter groups on opposing ends of the political spectrum. One of the sites, called Nio Thinker, caters to left-leaning audiences and insults former president Donald Trump, calling him an “opioid-pilled elephant in the MAGA china shop” and a “raving mad litigiosaur.”
The evidence we found suggests the sites are using AI-enabled services to plagiarize at least some of their content from US publications."