Iran seeks to meddle in US elections – Microsoft
by Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer Hackers and fake news sites allegedly linked to Iran might be up to something nefarious in the US, Microsoft has warned in a new cyber intelligence report. Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) released a nine-page paper on Friday, claiming to have found traces of influence operations targeting Americans, mainly Iranian but also […]
Spain scoured sewers for separatist – Politico
by Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer Carles Puigdemont has returned after seven years in self-imposed exile to crash the vote for the new president of Spain’s Catalonia region, even as police in Barcelona tightened security to find him. Puigdemont was president of Catalonia in 2017 when he unilaterally declared independence. The Spanish government responded by sacking […]