Category: staff

Google says state-backed hackers are targeting Trump and Biden campaigns

Post author By Randall
Post date June 4, 2020
Categories In biden, Campaign, China, Election, gear, Google, hackers, iran, News, phishing, staff, state-backed, Tech, tomorrow, Trump

[ad_1] Google’s security researchers say state-backed hackers from Iran and China have targeted the Trump and Biden presidential campaigns, respectively. The state-backed actors sent phishing scam attempts to the personal email accounts of campaign staff. According to Google, there are no signs that the attempts were successful, and Google has notified both campaigns. Recently TAG […]

Facebook plans to clarify when pro-Bloomberg posts come from staffers

Post author By Randall
Post date February 21, 2020
Categories In ads, bloomberg, Campaign, Election 2020, Facebook, gear, Internet, mike bloomberg, paid, political, Politics, posts, Social Media, staff, Tech, transparency

[ad_1] At the moment, Facebook doesn’t have a way to show when political posts come from paid campaigners, and CNBC’s source didn’t share any proposed solutions. “We think it’s important that political campaigns have the guidance and tools to be transparent,” a Facebook spokesperson told CNBC. “That’s why we recommend campaign employees make the relationship […]