Facebook’s new alert system warned the US about Iranian hackers
How do you think the US would find out about a state-sponsored hack from Iran? Sophisticated security software? Surveillance? Nope — Facebook. According to the New York Times, State Department officials were tipped off about an Iranian hacking campaign thanks to Facebook implementing a government attack alert system just last month. They knew something was up when they got messages about being the victims of “state-sponsored actors.” Reportedly, the cyberattackers were hoping to use the social networking accounts of younger government staff to compromise other, more prominent staffers in the government division.
Source: New York Times
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