By Reuters
BRASÍLIA (Reuters) – Cellphones used by President Jair Bolsonaro were a target of cyber attacks, the Brazilian Justice Ministry said in a statement on Thursday, after being briefed about the incident by the federal police “as a matter of national security.”
Bolsonaro is the latest high-ranking government official to be targeted by cyber attacks. The ministry claimed the attack came from people arrested last Tuesday in connection with a probe into a group of people accused of hacking other government authorities.
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Writing by Ana Mano; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
