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Iranian Hackers Use A Low Tech Social Media Scheme To Spy On U.S.

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2014 · People & Blogs

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Hackers in Iran used social media to target American and Israeli officials in an elaborate cyber-spying scheme. CNN reports.

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Report: Hackers in Iran use social media to target senior U.S., Israeli officials (CNN, May 30, 2014)
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"Hackers based in Iran used social networks to spy on high-ranking U.S. and Israeli officials, a new report by a cybersecurity firm claims. Posing as journalists and government officials, the hackers have been working for about three years to get close to their targets, connecting with at least 2,000 people in the process, according to the report from iSight Partners.

"While it's low sophistication technically, it's actually one of the most elaborate social media, or socially engineered, espionage campaigns we've ever seen," Tiffany Jones, a senior vice president at iSight, told CNN. The firm says that it doesn't have hard evidence tying Iran to the hacking but that "the targeting, operational schedule, and infrastructure used in this campaign is consistent with Iranian origins."....."

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