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Meta blocked an Iranian hacking network posing as tech support from Microsoft and Google


Hackers tried to target the WhatsApp accounts of political staffers tied to Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Meta said it discovered the network of hackers, who posed as tech support agents for companies including Microsoft and Google, after individuals who received the 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. In July, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Iran’s government gave covert support to American protests against Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

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