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Microsoft: Hackers Linked to Iran Targeted US Presidential Campaign

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   Jeff Seldin contributed to this report.

   Microsoft said hackers linked to the Iranian government targeted a U.S.
   presidential campaign, but were not successful.

   The company said in a blogpost Friday that the hackers attempted to
   penetrate 241 accounts, including a U.S. presidential campaign, current
   and former U.S. government officials, media targets and prominent
   expatriate Iranians.

   It said the hackers were successfully able to access four accounts, but
   Microsoft said none of those accounts belonged to a campaign or any
   current or former government officials.

   Microsoft did not identify the election campaign whose network was
   targeted by the hackers.

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