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Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US election, Microsoft says

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Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US election, Microsoft says.

Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists.

Russia and China are exploiting U.S. political polarization to advance their own divisive messaging, Microsoft report says.

Iran 's UN mission denies it had plans to interfere or launch cyberattacks.

The influence efforts coincide with high tensions between Iran and Israel , whose military the U.S. strongly supports.

Iran 's efforts seem aimed at undermining candidates seen as being more likely to increase tension with Tehran .

Russia continues to pose the greatest threat when it comes to election disinformation, officials said last month .

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