In an unprecedented, three-year cyber espionage campaign, Iranian hackers created false social networking accounts and a fake news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries, a cyber intelligence firm said on Thursday.
I Sight Partners, which uncovered the operation, said the hackers' targets include a four-star U.S. Navy admiral, U.S. lawmakers and ambassadors, members of the U.S.-Israeli lobby, and personnel from Britain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The
firm declined to identify the victims and said it could not say what
data had been stolen by the hackers, who were seeking credentials to
access government and corporate networks, as well as infect machines
with malicious software.
"If it's been going on for so long, clearly they have had success," iSight Executive Vice President Tiffany Jones told Reuters. The privately held company is based in Dallas, Texas and provides intelligence on cyber threats.
ISight dubbed the operation "Newscaster" because it said the Iranian hackers created six "personas" who appeared to work for a fake news site, NewsOnAir.org, which used content from the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and other media outlets. The hackers created another eight personas who purported to work for defense contractors and other organizations, iSight said. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/52696/iranian-hackers-use-fake-facebook-accounts-to-spy-on-u-s-others#sthash.4nR5ulSi.dpuf
"If it's been going on for so long, clearly they have had success," iSight Executive Vice President Tiffany Jones told Reuters. The privately held company is based in Dallas, Texas and provides intelligence on cyber threats.
ISight dubbed the operation "Newscaster" because it said the Iranian hackers created six "personas" who appeared to work for a fake news site, NewsOnAir.org, which used content from the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and other media outlets. The hackers created another eight personas who purported to work for defense contractors and other organizations, iSight said. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/52696/iranian-hackers-use-fake-facebook-accounts-to-spy-on-u-s-others#sthash.4nR5ulSi.dpuf
The
firm declined to identify the victims and said it could not say what
data had been stolen by the hackers, who were seeking credentials to
access government and corporate networks, as well as infect machines
with malicious software.
"If it's been going on for so long, clearly they have had success," iSight Executive Vice President Tiffany Jones told Reuters. The privately held company is based in Dallas, Texas and provides intelligence on cyber threats.
ISight dubbed the operation "Newscaster" because it said the Iranian hackers created six "personas" who appeared to work for a fake news site, NewsOnAir.org, which used content from the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and other media outlets. The hackers created another eight personas who purported to work for defense contractors and other organizations, iSight said. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/52696/iranian-hackers-use-fake-facebook-accounts-to-spy-on-u-s-others#sthash.4nR5ulSi.dpuf
"If it's been going on for so long, clearly they have had success," iSight Executive Vice President Tiffany Jones told Reuters. The privately held company is based in Dallas, Texas and provides intelligence on cyber threats.
ISight dubbed the operation "Newscaster" because it said the Iranian hackers created six "personas" who appeared to work for a fake news site, NewsOnAir.org, which used content from the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and other media outlets. The hackers created another eight personas who purported to work for defense contractors and other organizations, iSight said. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/52696/iranian-hackers-use-fake-facebook-accounts-to-spy-on-u-s-others#sthash.4nR5ulSi.dpuf
The
firm declined to identify the victims and said it could not say what
data had been stolen by the hackers, who were seeking credentials to
access government and corporate networks, as well as infect machines
with malicious software.
"If it's been going on for so long, clearly they have had success," iSight Executive Vice President Tiffany Jones told Reuters. The privately held company is based in Dallas, Texas and provides intelligence on cyber threats.
ISight dubbed the operation "Newscaster" because it said the Iranian hackers created six "personas" who appeared to work for a fake news site, NewsOnAir.org, which used content from the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and other media outlets. The hackers created another eight personas who purported to work for defense contractors and other organizations, iSight said. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/52696/iranian-hackers-use-fake-facebook-accounts-to-spy-on-u-s-others#sthash.4nR5ulSi.dpuf
- See more at:
http://www.dailymirror.lk/52696/iranian-hackers-use-fake-facebook-accounts-to-spy-on-u-s-others#sthash.4nR5ulSi.dpuf"If it's been going on for so long, clearly they have had success," iSight Executive Vice President Tiffany Jones told Reuters. The privately held company is based in Dallas, Texas and provides intelligence on cyber threats.
ISight dubbed the operation "Newscaster" because it said the Iranian hackers created six "personas" who appeared to work for a fake news site, NewsOnAir.org, which used content from the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and other media outlets. The hackers created another eight personas who purported to work for defense contractors and other organizations, iSight said. - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/52696/iranian-hackers-use-fake-facebook-accounts-to-spy-on-u-s-others#sthash.4nR5ulSi.dpuf
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