Iranians tried 2 hack
U.S. presidential campaign
in effort that targeted hundreds.
Attempted 2 identify, attack + breach
email accounts belonging 2
U.S. presidential campaign,
govt officials + journalists
Phosphorus
Again.
washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
used info gathered
from researching targets
or other means
2 game password reset
or account recovery features
+ attempt 2 take over
some targeted accounts.
*phone numbers
belonging 2 their targets
+ used them 2 assist in
auth psswrd resets.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/…
New steps 2 protect customers from hacking
Thru-out course of tracking
Phosphorus,
we’ve worked closely w
number of other technology companies,
including Yahoo,
2 share threat information
+ jointly stop attacks.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/…