In May and June, APT42 targeted the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen individuals affiliated with President Biden and with former President Trump, including current and former officials in the U.S. government and individuals associated with the respective campaigns. We blocked numerous APT42 attempts to log in to the personal email accounts of targeted individuals.
Recent public reporting shows that APT42 has successfully breached accounts across multiple email providers. We observed that the group successfully gained access to the personal Gmail account of a high-profile political consultant. In addition to quickly securing any compromised account and sending government-backed attacker warnings, we proactively referred this malicious activity to law enforcement.
The company said it informed campaign officials of 'heightened malicious activity originating from foreign state actors' and underscored the importance of enhanced account security protections on personal email accounts.
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