Google Says Chinese & Iranian Hackers Targeted Campaigns of Trump and Biden

Google Says Chinese & Iranian Hackers Targeted Campaigns of Trump and Biden

Cybercriminals targeted the email accounts of President Donald Trump’s and Democrat Joe Biden campaign staffers, Google researchers said.


Google’s TAG who deals with nation-state hacking detected that Chinese state-backed hackers targeted the Email accounts of Biden campaign staffers whereas the Iranian hackers targeted the email accounts of Trump campaign staff.

Hackers Targeted Campaigns


Google’s threat analysis chief Shane Huntley said that “If you are working on a campaign this election cycle, your accounts may be targeted.”


Huntley also confirms that there was “no sign of compromise” of either campaign and recommend all users involved in campaigns to use the best protection like two-factor authentication or other Advanced Protection.


Google has notified the users of targeted and informed law enforcement agencies about the new attack campaign.




Recently TAG saw China APT group targeting Biden campaign staff & Iran APT targeting Trump campaign staff with phishing. No sign of compromise. We sent users our govt attack warning and we referred to fed law enforcement. https://t.co/ozlRL4SwhG


— Shane Huntley (@ShaneHuntley) June 4, 2020

The groups involved in the attacks are APT31 and APT35. The APT31 group tied with the Chinese government and they share several attributes, tactics, and techniques.




The groups involved are ones referred to as APT31 and APT35.


— Shane Huntley (@ShaneHuntley) google chinese iranian hackers targeted campaigns trump biden