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Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials' WhatsApp accounts

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials' WhatsApp accounts
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, confirmed that it has discovered hacking attempts on WhatsApp accounts belonging to U.S. officials from the Biden and Trump administrations. The attempts were linked to an Iranian hacker group known as APT42, which previously targeted the Trump campaign. The activity involved social engineering on WhatsApp accounts posing as technical support for various companies, such as AOL and Google. Although there is no evidence of compromised accounts, Meta has blocked the suspicious activity. The hackers targeted political, diplomatic, and public figures associated with the Biden and Trump administrations, located in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Iran, the U.S., and the U.K.

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The hacking of presidential campaigns begins, with the usual fog of motives

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
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Microsoft has reported that a hacking group affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard successfully breached the account of a former senior adviser to a presidential campaign. The group used spear phishing techniques to send fake emails in an attempt to gain access to the campaign's accounts and databases. Former President Donald Trump claimed that his campaign was hacked by the Iranian government, but Microsoft stated that only publicly available information was obtained. There is uncertainty about the extent of the breach and whether leaked documents were related to the Iranian hack. The Iranians are believed to be motivated by a desire to see Trump defeated due to his actions against Iran during his presidency.

Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns

ArstechnicaArstechnica · 1y ago
Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns
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Google has confirmed that Iranian-backed hackers have targeted Google accounts associated with US presidential campaigns and intensified attacks on Israeli targets. The hackers, known as APT42 and associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, use various techniques such as malware, phishing pages, and redirects to gain access to cloud-based accounts like Google, Dropbox, and OneDrive. They have been targeting high-profile individuals in Israel and the US, including political consultants and former government officials. Both parties are considered equal targets, and experts suggest that the threat from Iranian hackers should be taken as seriously as the threat from Russian hackers.

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