State-backed hackers targeted EU officials on WhatsApp, document shows
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Foreign governments have tried to break the messaging accounts of high-ranking officials in the European Union, has transmitted the cyber defence unit of the Community bloc in an internal presentation obtained by Politico. Cyber spies use custom baits to enter the accounts "high-ranking officers", warns the EU cyber security unit.
An internal presentation of the European cyber defense agency records, according to Politico, targeted attacks on messaging apps of high-ranking executives - National agencies had already warned of campaigns linked to Russian hacker groups
High European Union officials have been targeted by cyber attacks such as "spearphishing", attributed to hackers supported by foreign governments, who have tried to collect their messenger accounts.
Foreign governments have tried to take control of the messaging accounts of senior officials of the European Union, according to an internal presentation of the EU cyber defence structure, obtained by POLITICAL.The presentation, held in July in front of representatives of national governments in the EU, mentions "taking control of the accounts of senior officials" as one of the main threats facing the European bloc.
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