Washington. Google has warned that hackers in China and Iran are targeting the campaign of US President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Hackers of the intelligence agencies of these two countries are sending phishing emails. Their purpose is to steal information from the emails of people from Democratic and Republican parties. US presidential elections are due in November.
Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) director Shane Huntly has reported this on Twitter. He said that a Chinese hacking group is trying to hack Biden's campaign and Iran's group by sending a fishing email to Trump's campaign. Huntley reported that China's hacker group is named Hurricane Panda and Iran's hacker group is Charming Kitan.
Huntley said that Google has given information to federal law agencies. Google said in a statement, "We have been able to control phishing emails to a great extent through new technology. We alert Gmail users through automatic protection, account security and special warning. "
Biden campan spokesman said -knew there would be attacks .
A spokesperson for Biden's campaign said, "We knew from the beginning that we would have such attacks, so we made preparations for them." Biden takes cyber security very seriously. We will be vigilant against these threats and decide that the campaign remains safe. "At the same time, there has been no response from Trump's campaign.
Russia had interfered in the last elections
In 2016, Russian hackers interfered in the US elections. The report revealed that hackers who supported the government in Russia had hacked the emails of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The revelations have led to many questions over Trump's victory. The impeachment motion was brought against Trump in the case of Russian interference in US elections. The motion was passed by the lower house of the House of Representatives.
However, impeachment action could not take place as the motion was dropped in the Senate.
What are phishing emails?
Phishing emails are a kind of fake email, it contains viruses. When these mails are opened on a computer, his password is stolen through a virus. Along with this, the necessary mails are also deleted. Through this, hackers access confidential information.