A hacking group allegedly backed by the Iranian government has recently targeted individuals associated with the campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, tech giant Google has confirmed.
In an Aug. 14 blog post, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which acts as its cybersecurity and threat intelligence arm, said the hacking group—known as APT42—is linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The group consistently targets “high-profile individuals in Israel and the United States,” Google said.
Those targets include current and former government officials, political campaigns, diplomats, individuals who work at think tanks, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and “academic institutions that contribute to foreign policy conversations,” according to the tech giant….