Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says

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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.

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xenomor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

‘This is outrageous,’ said the spokesperson from Meta. ‘Spying and tracking and manipulating domestic politics is something private industry does, not some creepy foreign agency.’

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