{"id":1082052,"date":"2021-12-03T20:44:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T01:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1082052"},"modified":"2021-12-03T20:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T01:44:23","slug":"reports-at-least-9-state-dept-staffers-have-been-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-at-least-9-state-dept-staffers-have-been-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: At least 9 State Dept. staffers have been hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freports-at-least-9-state-dept-staffers-have-been-hacked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1082052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2602006\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2602006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 JANUARY 26: The U.S. State Department is shown January 26, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:15 PM PT \u2013 Friday, December 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The U.S. State Department is investigating a hacking attempt on American diplomats in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports on Friday, up to 11 State Department employees had spyware on their iPhones from Israel-based tech firm \u201cNSO Group.\u201d Reports said the staffers were being hacked over the past several months.<\/p>\n<p>However, NSO Group has denied their products were used in this particular attack and claim to have blocked \u201crelevant customers\u201d from accessing their systems. Officials with the company said they will comply with any government probe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees in Uganda were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rag\u0131p Soylu (@ragipsoylu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ragipsoylu\/status\/1466814302288031745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several federal agencies have flagged NSO as a national security risk. This comes as the company has been sued by several U.S. tech companies over hacking claims from customers.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has not yet commented on the matter and haven\u2019t confirmed the culprit of the hackings.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-mccarthy-we-should-lower-the-temperature-of-this-congress\/\">Rep. McCarthy: We Should Lower The Temperature Of This Congress<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 JANUARY 26: The U.S. State Department is shown January 26, 2017 in Washington, D.C. 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