Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year. The Russian hackers targeted the candidates’ staffers with phishing attacks, redirecting them to a fake Microsoft website, in an attempt to steal their credentials. Microsoft refused to name the targets but said, the three candidates were “people who, because of their positions, might have been interesting targets from an espionage standpoint as well as an election disruption standpoint” The company also ensured that none of the targeted campaign staffers were infected by the attack.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/russia-election-hacking.html