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Pakistani military allegedly hacked phones belonging to US, UK, and Australian officials and diplomats

Surveillanceware tools collected critical data from US, UK, and Australian officials and diplomats. The hack, which was allegedly coordinated by Pakistani military members, collected sensitive photos, audio recordings, text messages, and could also disable a phone's reception. The victims unknowingly gave access to images of US military hardware, photos of passports, details of diplomatic visits, and letters from senior officials. In one instance a phishing message was sent via Facebook Messenger. The Pakistani military allegedly coordinated a surveillance operation which collected data from US, UK, and Australian officials and diplomats. Researchers from US mobile-security company Lookout found Western officials were unintentionally caught up in a data-gathering operation which used surveillanceware tools dubbed Stealth Mango (for Android) and Tangel (for iOS).See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Here's what 'Narcos' and 'Sicario' get right and wrong about drug cartelsSee Also:These are the 15 countries with the most troops ready to fight right nowThe US reportedly called Kim Jong Un's bluff by demanding its nukes — and North Korea is flipping outA bizarre, threatening statement from Trump's hawkish security adviser may have derailed the North Korea talksSEE ALSO: A Chinese-Australian billionaire funded UN bribes investigated by the FBI, an Australian politician alleges

 

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