State actors tried to hack EU officials' messaging apps, cybersecurity body warns

🇫🇷 Euronews (FR) —

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Cybersecurity officials disclosed that state actors have attempted to hack messaging apps, including Signal and WhatsApp, used by EU officials. This marks the first acknowledgment of spearphishing attacks targeting the European Commission's communications.

A confidential Commission presentation has acknowledged for the first time that state actors tried to hack EU officials' Signal and WhatsApp accounts in so-called "spearphishing" attacks.

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