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Microsoft said the hackers had displayed "high

Hacker motivated,"in connection with Iran's government has targeted 2020 US presidential election, according to tech firm Microsoft.

The Group is attacked, More Than 200 E-Mail accounts, some of which belonged to people in connection with "US election", it said.

the aim was The President of Donald Trump 's re-election campaign, sources told the Reuters news Agency.

Iran has so far not publicly the allegations commented.

A spokesman for the Trump campaign said it had had no indication it was targeted.

What Microsoft has to announce?

"Today we are share that we recently made a significant cyber-activity, a threat to The Group , we call it phosphorus, from which, we believe, comes from Iran and with the Iranian government,"

phosphorus is seen, it is said, More Than 2,700 attempts to identify people's E-Mail accounts over a period of 30 days in August and September. It then 241 accounts attacked.

"The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. presidential campaign, current and former U.S. government officials, journalists, who said about global policy, and prominent Iranians outside Iran," Microsoft.

Currently, 19 Democrats are looking for, nominated to, as their party's candidate to stand against Donald Trump in the year 2020, while the three Republicans say they plan to challenge The President . The Statement does not identify which specific campaign was focused.

However, Reuters reports, President Trump's re-election campaign, citing sources familiar with the operation.

Reuters reports that The Campaign , which was US President Donald Trump ' s

According to Microsoft, only four accounts were eventually compromised, and none of these were in connection with a campaign, nor any other former or current officials.

The Hacker is trying to take over the accounts, in the attacks by Microsoft as "not technically demanding". The Company has said affected account holders, and helped to protect them.

However, the tech company called Phosphor, also known as APT 35, "highly motivated and willing to invest a lot of time and resources to engage in research and other means of information gathering".

Microsoft has urged its customers on two-step verification for your E-Mail accounts, and proposed to consider the people worried about the security of their login history.

Why is this significant?

There is growing Concern Worldwide about foreign-supported election interference about hacking.

In July , to benefit with the intention that Mr Trump - not to create even though he collusion in A Crime .

in the same month of nation-state attacks.

the fact that The Hacker is allegedly connections to Iran, also noteworthy.

President Trump's unilateral withdrawal from a nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers has raised in the past year, the tensions between Washington and Tehran.

The U.S. accuses Iran for an attack on Saudi oil facilities in September, which affected global markets. Iran has denied any responsibility for The Strikes .

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Source of news: bbc.com