Hackers working in the interests of the Iranian government have attempted to break into the personal email accounts of staff at the World Health Organisation during the coronavirus outbreak, four people with knowledge of the matter toldIt is not clear if any accounts were compromised, but the attacks show how the WHO and other organisations at the centre of a global effort to contain the coronavirus have come under a sustained digital bombardment by hackers seeking information about the...
"We’ve seen some targeting by what looks like Iranian government-backed attackers targeting international health organisations generally via phishing," said one of the sources, who works for a large technology company that monitors internet traffic for malicious cyber activity. “These are all sheer lies to put more pressure on Iran,” said a spokesman at Iran’s information technology ministry.Karim Hijazi, chief executive of cyber intelligence firm Prevailion, shared his recently captured data withthat shows a sophisticated hacking group was actively targeting the global health organisation.Hijazi said the identity of the hackers was difficult to determine, although their techniques appeared advanced.
previously documented where alleged Iranian hackers masqueraded as media figures from organisations such as CNN orIran has suffered an enormous loss of life from the coronavirus, and infections have reached the inner circle of the country’s leadership.
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