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The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns attempted to breach the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Meta Platforms said, Erick Tucker and David Klepper reported for the Associated Press (AP).
The FBI stated this week that a hack by Iran of the Trump campaign and an attempted breach of the Biden-Harris campaign were part of a broader Iranian effort to interfere with the US presidential election. I Photo: President Joe Biden Facebook
Meta said it discovered the network of hackers, who posed as tech support agents for companies such as AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google, after individuals who received 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.
The FBI stated this week that a hack by Iran of the Trump campaign and an attempted breach of the Biden-Harris campaign were part of a broader Iranian effort to interfere with the US presidential election.
In a statement, Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, said the hackers had tried to target the WhatsApp accounts of individuals in the Middle East, the US, and the UK, as well as political and diplomatic officials — including those associated with the Trump and Biden administrations. A “small cluster” of accounts was blocked by Meta.
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