Cyberattackers sought to hack the devices of U.S. lawmakers by pushing links to spyware via social media posts disguised as news items, according to a new report from Amnesty International.
Vietnam-linked hackers allegedly served the malware over the platform X, where the links designed to infect lawmakers’ devices displayed preview images suggesting they were South China Morning Post articles.
Amnesty International said Monday the hacking tools used in the attempted breaches were supplied by the Intellexa alliance, a group of surveillance technology companies. The hackers used a similar approach to target Mr. McCaul. Hackers used the same account and link in an April 14 tweet replying to an original post from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan that had tagged Mr. McCaul.
Amnesty International said it and the European Investigative Collaborations group found evidence that the surveillance products used in the attempted hacking were sold to the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security.
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