Meta blocks Iranian hacking attempt targeting US officials on WhatsApp

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, announced on Friday that it had stopped a potential hacking attempt aimed at the WhatsApp accounts of US officials from both the Biden and Trump administrations. The hacking attempt was linked to APT42, an Iranian cyber group known for working with Iranian military intelligence.

According to Meta’s blog post, the hackers tried to access the accounts by pretending to be technical support from well-known companies like AOL, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft.