Meta says Iran hack also targeted Biden, Trump administration staffers

Meta said the Iranian hackers who targeted both Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns also tried to target some of the Biden and Trump administration staff.

In an update on its threat disruption efforts, Meta said it found a “small cluster of likely social engineering activity” on WhatsApp that its security team blocked after receiving and investigating user reports.

Meta said the malicious activity originated in Iran and intended to attack people in Israel, Palestine...