U.S. authorities said they are investigating “unauthorized access to telecommunications infrastructure” by hackers linked to China.| CyberScoop
Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. His previous stops include working at The Washington Post, POLITICO and Congressional Quarterly. An Evansville, Ind. native, he’s covered cybersecurity since 2003. Email Tim here: tim.starks@cyberscoop.com.| CyberScoop
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The U.S. government announced indictments, seizures and sanctions against individuals they say were associated with a propaganda campaign targeting the 2024 election.| CyberScoop
Beijing’s influence operations are experimenting with synthetically generated content to carry out influence operations, per Microsoft report.| CyberScoop
The tech giant believes it is another instance of Iranian hackers attempting to meddle in U.S. politics and the upcoming presidential election.| CyberScoop
The effort from four separate groups includes both hacking attempts and fake news campaigns, according to the company.| CyberScoop
Russian influence operations have picked up steam in the past two months, according to a Microsoft report.| CyberScoop
Sen. Mark Warner said influence operations are easy and cheap, and their social media audience is more willing to believe them.| CyberScoop