US gov’t stopped Iranian hackers who ‘gained access’ to 2020 election infrastructure

**SAN FRANCISCO —** Two U.S. cybersecurity agencies took actions to protect the 2020 presidential election from Iranian hackers, and thwarted digital criminals who targeted a trio of federal agencies, senior officials revealed on Monday. The two previously undisclosed incidents were shared by Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security

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