On Friday, Microsoft disclosed that it had found evidence that a group of hackers originating from Iran attempted to access email accounts belonging to a 2020 presidential candidate. Building 92 on the Microsoft Redmond campus in Redmond, Washington. PHOTO: Wikipedia In its blog post announcing the discovery, Microsoft according to The Verge report declines to name the targeted presidential candidate, but it affirms that their account was not compromised by the threat group the company refers to as Phosphorous. The campaign was only one out of a group of accounts the Iranian hackers attempted to compromise within a 30-day period between August and September of this year. The Verge paraphrased Microsoft to have said that its threat intelligence centre observed the group making over 2,700 attempts to identify email accounts and then go on to “attack” 241 of them. “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. presidential campaign, current and former U.S. government of...

By Princewill Ekwujuru Artificial intelligence (AI) will remain a frontrunner in the digital transformation process for financial Services Industry (FSI). Artificial intelligence The imperative, urgency of financial inclusion — NIBBS Regional General Manager, North, West, East, Central Africa, Levant & Pakistan, Microsoft, Ibrahim Youssry, made this statement while delivering a paper on AI in Africa- a joint project between Microsoft and Access Partnership in Lagos. He said that no industry will be left untouched by this digital journey, but one sector that is seeing the fastest and most fundamental effects is the FSI. Youssry   stated   that FSI players shall be dramatically disrupted by the power of AI – both internally (in the ways they operate) and externally (in terms of dealing with clients and customers). “Within the next decade, Africa’s objective is to ensure that the next  100 million Africans  are financially  inclu...