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Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted U.S. presidential campaigns

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78% Informative

Iranian hackers tried to breach presidential campaign staffers' email accounts, Microsoft report says.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used a compromised email address from a former political adviser to try phishing another high-ranking campaign official.

Researchers say Iranian groups are using artificial intelligence technology to create inflammatory posts about controversial issues such as gender reassignment surgery.

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80

Informative language

80

Neutral language

41

Article tone

formal

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English

Language complexity

85

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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