Russian state linked hackers have targeted the WhatsApp accounts of government ministers and officials around the world with emails inviting them to join user groups on the messaging app. The WhatsApp tactic marks a new approach by a hacking unit called Star Blizzard. Britains National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has linked Star Blizzard to Russias domestic spy agency, the FSB, and has accused it of seeking to “undermine trust in politics in the UK and likeminded states”. According to a...
