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1 Iran steps into US election 2024 with cyber-enabled influence operations

A MICROSOFT THREAT INTELLIGENCE REPORT

Date: August 9, 2024

Foreign malign influence concerning the 2024 US election started off slowly but has steadily picked up pace over the last six months due initially to Russian operations, but more recently from Iranian activity. This third election report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) provides an update on what we’ve observed from Russia, Iran, and China since our second report in April 2024, “Nation-states engage in US-focused influence operations ahead of US presidential election.”

Over the past several months, we have seen the emergence of significant influence activity by Iranian acto…

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