Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp of staffers in Biden, Trump admins: Meta

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The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, tried to go after the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Meta Platforms said Friday.

Meta said it discovered the network of hackers, who posed as tech support agents for companies including Microsoft and Google, after individuals who received the suspicious WhatsApp messages reported them.

Meta's investigators linked the activity to the same network blamed for the hacking incident reported by Trump's campaign.

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Published On: 2024-08-24 @ 07:16:58 (10 hours ago)

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