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Three candidates for election. >> can you tell us who they are? >> we can't disclose that information because we maintain our customer's privacy so i won't go there. i can tell you they are all people because of their positions might have been interesting targets from an espionage standpoint as well as an election disruption standpoint. >> microsoft vp tom burt went on to say the attack was unsuccessful and "buzzfeed" reports an analyst traced them to a group widely accepted to be run by russia's military intelligence agency. this as the house voted down an effort to increase security funding,...

Vice president said was that these were people who would have been interesting from an electoral interference standpoint and also an espionage standpoint. i did reach out to some campaigns that might have fit that bill. so far, no one is indicating they're aware of this. >> mike, has microsoft said that they can prevent these things in the future? where are we in this identification of this phishing attack and this website? >> reporter: the way microsoft said they uncovered this was they were in charge of security during the 2016 conventions for both the democratic and republican convention. d...