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☆ Iranian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of Biden and Trump administration associates, Meta says
  + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Jalen Beckford | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —An Iranian hacker group targeted the WhatsApp accounts of individuals associated with the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Meta announced Friday. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Meta said its investigation linked the efforts to a group called “APT42,” known for using phishing tactics to steal credentials to people’s online accounts. Meta’s security team blocked a cluster of accounts posing as support agents for various tech companies, an activity it linked to APT42. CNN has reached out to both the White House and the Trump campaign for comment.
Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Kamala Harris, Roger Stone’s, Meta Organizations: CNN, Meta, Google, Biden, Democratic, Republican, Trump, Getty, FBI, White Locations: Iranian, Iran, Israel, Palestine, United States
☆ Meta says it found WhatsApp accounts linked to Iranian hackers targeting Biden, Trump officials
  + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Meta said Friday that it blocked a "small cluster" of WhatsApp accounts linked to an Iranian hacking group that was targeting officials associated with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company said in a blog post that the bogus WhatsApp accounts appeared to originate from the Iranian threat actor dubbed APT42, which other tech companies like Google previously described as an "Iranian state-sponsored cyber espionage actor." Meta said its security team was able to spot APT42's involvement after analyzing suspicious messages that an unspecified number of users reported receiving from the fraudulent WhatsApp accounts. "These accounts posed as technical support for AOL, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft," Meta said in the blog post. In 2019, Microsoft said it had identified several hackers linked to the Iranian government who were believed to have targeted an unspecified U.S. presidential campaign in addition to other government officials and media.
Persons: Meta, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, APT42 Organizations: Google, Meta, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft, Tech Locations: Israel, Palestine, Iran
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