{"id":2177,"date":"2021-07-15T19:39:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/15\/facebook-says-iran-based-hackers-used-site-to-target-us-military-personnel\/"},"modified":"2021-07-15T19:39:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:39:23","slug":"facebook-says-iran-based-hackers-used-site-to-target-us-military-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/15\/facebook-says-iran-based-hackers-used-site-to-target-us-military-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook says Iran-based hackers used site to target US military personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 Social media company takes down 200 accounts<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Hallmarks of a well-resourced and persistent operation\u2019<\/p>\n

Facebook said on Thursday it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that targeted mostly US military personnel and people working at defense and aerospace companies.<\/p>\n

The social media company said the group, dubbed \u201cTortoiseshell\u2019\u201dby security experts, used fake online personas to connect with targets, build trust sometimes over the course of several months and drive them on to other sites where they were tricked into clicking malicious links that would infect their devices with spying malware.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Social media company takes down 200 accounts
\n\u2022 \u2018Hallmarks of a well-resourced and persistent operation\u2019
\nFacebook said on Thursday it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that targeted mostly US military personnel and people working at defense and aerospace companies.
\nThe social media company said the group, dubbed \u201cTortoiseshell\u2019\u201dby security experts, used fake online personas to connect with targets, build trust sometimes over the course of several months and drive them on to other sites where they were tricked into clicking malicious links that would infect their devices with spying malware. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 Social media company takes down 200 accounts \u2022 \u2018Hallmarks of a well-resourced and persistent operation\u2019 Facebook said on Thursday it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that targeted mostly US military personnel and people working at defense and aerospace companies. …<\/p>\n

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