Security News > 2020 > October > Microsoft: Iranian attackers hacked security conference attendees
Microsoft disclosed today that Iranian state-sponsored hackers successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and potential attendees at this year's Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 summit.
"The attacks were successful in compromising several victims, including former ambassadors and other senior policy experts who help shape global agendas and foreign policies in their respective countries," Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President for Customer Security & Trust at Microsoft said earlier today.
The attackers were using almost perfect English in the spoofed emails and were masquerading as organizers of the Munich Security or the Think 20 conferences.
The targeted security conference is known for bringing together hundreds of high-level decision-makers and prominent opinion leaders from all around the world including heads of state, ministers, and NGO leaders.
Think 20 is another policy conference that gathers policy experts and world leaders to draw up policy solutions ahead of each annual G20 summit.
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