Iranian hackers targeted a US presidential campaign, Microsoft says

Group called 'Phosphorus' made more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts and attacked 241 of those

A hacking group that appears to be linked to the Iranian government has carried out a campaign against a US presidential campaign, Microsoft Corp said on Friday.

Microsoft saw "significant" cyber activity by the group that also targeted current and former US government officials, journalists covering global politics and prominent Iranians living outside Iran, the company said in a blogpost.