Meta deep-sixes WhatsApp accounts tied to Iranian hacking group
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Meta blocked WhatsApp accounts attributed to APT42, an Iranian government–linked actor, which posed as tech support for companies like AOL, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to socially engineer political, diplomatic and campaign-related targets in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the U.S. and the U.K.; Meta reported no evidence of account compromise and believes the attempts were unsuccessful, and other vendors and U.S. agencies have reported related Iranian activity targeting U.S. election campaigns.
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