Google: Chinese and Iranian hackers targeting Biden and Trump campaigns

Joe Biden.
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Google on Thursday said that Chinese hackers have been targeting the personal email accounts of people working for former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign.

The company also confirmed earlier reports that Iranian hackers have been trying to gain access to email accounts belonging to President Trump's campaign workers. Shane Huntley, Google's chief of threat analysis, said there are no signs that any of the email accounts were compromised.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.