Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Issues WhatsApp Election Warning [Video]

Meta recently announced the discovery of a small cluster of malicious WhatsApp accounts linked to Iran, saying it blocked suspicious accounts posing as tech support and targeting political figures.

The WhatsApp security announcement comes in the wake of an August 19 joint statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Iranian efforts to influence November’s election.

Meta’s investigation of the WhatsApp accounts linked the activity to APT42, an Iranian threat actor known for its phishing campaigns. Meta said the attack “attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the United States and the U.K.” It added that no evidence of compromised accounts was found, but the company has taken precautionary measures.

“Out of an abundance of caution and given the heightened threat environment ahead of the U.S. election, we also shared information about this malicious activity with law enforcement and with the presidential campaigns to encourage them to stay cautious against potential adversarial …