US cyberwarriors thwarted 2020 Iran election hacking attempt

Iranian hackers broke into to a system used by a U.S. municipal government to publish election results in 2020 but were discovered by cyber soldiers operating abroad and kicked out before an attack could be launched, according to U.S. military and cybersecurity officials. The system involved in the previously undisclosed breach was not for casting or counting ballots, but rather one that was used to report unofficial election results on a public website. The breach was revealed during a presentation Monday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, which is focused on cybersecurity. Officials did not identify the municipality targeted.