Though state operations have not been affected, the timing of the attack, which has already lasted more than a week, has raised security questions ahead of the election.
Overall, the five hackers created millions of dollars in damages to companies in countries including the US, UK, Germany, India, Japan and Indonesia, the Justice Department said.
Attempts by foreign adversaries to disrupt the 3 November presidential election echo the efforts by Russia in 2016 to meddle in the campaign on Trump’s behalf.
Florida teen Graham Ivan Clark has been charged with posting messages on behalf of over 100 notable personalities, including Barack Obama, as part of a cryptocurrency scam.
Twitter said hackers targeted employees using a phone spear phishing attack. They misled workers and exploited human vulnerabilities to obtain credentials and access 130 accounts.
The US Justice Department accused China of 'providing a safe haven' for hackers and said it knew the identity of officials who aided them, but would not indict them right now.
Twitter, which suffered its biggest security breach this week, said hackers were able to reset passwords for 45 users, while eight had their data downloaded entirely.
The company, grappling with the worst security breach in its 14-year history, said it's assessing whether non-public data related to these accounts was compromised.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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