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Expanding efforts to protect European democracies from cyberthreats

This year, millions of Europeans will head to the polls to cast their ballots. At the same time, we continue to see efforts by nation-states and others to influence elections in democracies there and around the world. These attacks target not just political campaigns and government officials, but also think tanks and nonprofit organizations that are in touch with government institutions and work on issues related to democracy, electoral integrity and public policy.

Last week, we expanded Microsoft's effort to help defending political campaigns and NGOs from ongoing attacks.

Read more → Microsoft AccountGuard

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