Microsoft detected that Russian state hackers had been attempting to hack a marketing campaign agency working for former vice chairman Joe Biden.
Microsoft Corp lately alerted one in every of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s foremost election marketing campaign advisory companies that it had been focused by suspected Russian state-backed hackers, in line with three folks briefed on the matter.
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The hacking makes an attempt focused employees at Washington-based SKDKnickerbocker, a marketing campaign technique and communications agency working with Biden and different outstanding Democrats, over the previous two months, the sources stated.
An individual acquainted with SKDK’s response to the makes an attempt stated the hackers failed to achieve entry to the agency’s networks. “They’re well-defended, so there was no breach,” the individual stated.
The agency that was the Russian goal works for the Biden marketing campaign and a number of other different Democratic candidates.
These are the identical ways that the Russians used to assist Trump in 2016. The 2016 hacking gave Trump and Putin info on Clinton marketing campaign plans and methods. It’s a totally different world in 2020. The Biden marketing campaign has discovered from the hacks on Hillary Clinton and has completed a greater job with preemptive protection towards Russian assaults.
The Russians are pulling their standard methods once more, and thus far haven’t proven something new that wasn’t of their 2016 playbook.
The distinction is that Biden and the Democrats are prepared and never shocked by Russia’s makes an attempt to assist Trump.
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Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White Home and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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