Security News > 2024 > August > Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp
2024-08-24 06:55
Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, who it said used a set of WhatsApp accounts that attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the U.K., and the U.S. The activity cluster, which originated from Iran, "appeared to have focused on political and diplomatic
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