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João Azevedo

Russia-linked hackers target messaging apps of European officials, intelligence agencies warn

The Kremlin is running a global cyber campaign to infiltrate WhatsApp and Signal accounts of government officials, diplomats and military personnel, Dutch and Portuguese intelligence agencies warned.

Portugal's Security Information Service said on Wednesday that attackers are using various methods to trick users into sharing passwords and access codes, compromising accounts, reading individual and group conversations, accessing shared files and launching new phishing campaigns targeting contacts.

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