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-level EU officials have become targets of cyber attacks organized with the support of foreign states through Massengers, who have used personalized phishing and social engineering to hack into government accounts.
Foreign governments have tried to compromise the messaging accounts of high-ranking officials of the European Union, according to an internal presentation of the cyber defence unit of the Community bloc, obtained by POLITICO.
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.
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