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From the New York Times, it's the headlines.
I'm Tracie Mumford.
Today's Monday, August 12.
Here's what we're covering.
Hacking has hit the 2024 presidential race, and this year it's not Russia, but Iran making the first significant move.
Microsoft released a report saying a group run by Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps has hacked into the account of a former senior adviser to a presidential campaign.
It said the group then used its access to send phishing messages to try and get into the campaign's accounts and databases.
Microsoft didn't identify the target, but Donald Trump declared this weekend that it was his campaign.
It's unclear what, if anything, the iranian group was able to achieve, but investigators say theres little doubt Iran wants Trump to lose.
When he was president, he withdrew the US from a landmark nuclear deal, reimposed sanctions, and ordered the killing of a top commander of the Revolutionary Guard.
Ahead of the 2016 election, russian hackers broke into the email accounts of top democratic officials and leaked troves of communications.
But this year, cybersecurity experts say Russia has been hanging back instead trying to interfere with the Olympics and undermine support for Ukraine as the 2024 campaign continues.
New polls from the Times and Siena College show that Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump in three crucial battleground states.