Iranian hackers target email accounts of WHO staff with spear-phishing messages amid coronavirus pandemic

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The attacks began on 2nd March and are continuing

Hackers suspected to have ties with Iranian government are currently trying to break into personal email accounts of the World Health Organisation (WHO) employees in an effort to steal valuable inf...

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