WASHINGTON (AP) — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns tried to go after the...
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., 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.
“We have not seen evidence of the targeted WhatsApp accounts being compromised, but out of an abundance of caution, we’re sharing our findings publicly, in addition to sharing information with law enforcement and our industry peers,” Meta said in a statement.use of cyberattacks and disinformation has several motives: to confuse and polarize voters in an effort to undermine confidence in U.S.
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