Security News > 2020 > June > Trump, Biden Campaign Staffers Targeted By APT Phishing Emails
2020-06-04 20:10
With the U.S. presidential election months away, advanced persistent threat groups are targeting the campaign staffers of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden in recent phishing attacks.
A China-linked APT group targeted Biden's campaign staff, while an Iran-linked APT targeted Trump's.
Huntley pointed to APT 35 as the group targeting Trump's campaign staff.
No further information regarding the timeline, scale and lures involved in the campaign phishing emails was shared by Google.
The impacts of a successful phishing attack against presidential campaign staffers could be particularly dangerous as the Nov. 3 elections draw closer, security experts told Threatpost.
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https://threatpost.com/trump-biden-campaign-apt-phishing-emails/156319/
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