Washington (CNN Business) Microsoft has disrupted a massive hacking operation that it said could have indirectly affected election infrastructure if allowed to continue. But, Microsoft said, the company's efforts reflect a "new legal approach" that may help authorities fight the network going forward. That includes ransomware, which Microsoft and US officials have warned could pose a risk to websites that display election information or to third-party software vendors that provide services to election officials. A separate technical report by Microsoft on Monday said Trickbot has been used to spread the Ryuk ransomware . A statement on Tyler Technologies' website has said the company does not directly make election software and the software it does produce that is used by election officials to display voting information is separate from its internal systems that were affected by the attack.

Source: CNN October 12, 2020 12:15 UTC