{"id":8757,"date":"2023-01-26T00:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T23:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/state-linked-hackers-in-russia-and-iran-are-targeting-uk-groups-ncsc-warns\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T00:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T23:39:29","slug":"state-linked-hackers-in-russia-and-iran-are-targeting-uk-groups-ncsc-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/state-linked-hackers-in-russia-and-iran-are-targeting-uk-groups-ncsc-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"State-linked hackers in Russia and Iran are targeting UK groups, NCSC warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sophisticated campaigns against politicians and media aim to steal secrets or embarrass high-profile figures rather than to extort money<\/p>\n<p>Russian and Iranian state-linked hackers are increasingly targeting British politicians, journalists and researchers with sophisticated campaigns aimed at gaining access to a person\u2019s email, Britain\u2019s online security agency warned on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert about two groups from Russia and Iran, warning those in government, defence, thinktanks and the media against clicking on malicious links from people posing as conference hosts, journalists or even colleagues.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/26\/state-linked-hackers-in-russia-and-iran-are-targeting-uk-groups-ncsc-warns\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6951203ead30f3218ee1c5b13c35cf57f7ecb4e9\/0_120_5300_3180\/master\/5300.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e3d145dcbd350b2032add97788384b9b\" title=\"State-linked hackers in Russia and Iran are targeting UK groups, NCSC warns\" \/>Sophisticated campaigns against politicians and media aim to steal secrets or embarrass high-profile figures rather than to extort money<br \/>\nRussian and Iranian state-linked hackers are increasingly targeting British politicians, journalists and researchers with sophisticated campaigns aimed at gaining access to a person\u2019s email, Britain\u2019s online security agency warned on Thursday.<br \/>\nThe National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert about two groups from Russia and Iran, warning those in government, defence, thinktanks and the media against clicking on malicious links from people posing as conference hosts, journalists or even colleagues. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophisticated campaigns against politicians and media aim to steal secrets or embarrass high-profile figures rather than to extort money Russian and Iranian state-linked hackers are increasingly targeting British politicians, journalists and researchers with sophisticated campaigns aimed at gaining access to a person\u2019s email, Britain\u2019s online security agency warned on Thursday. The National Cyber Security Centre &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/state-linked-hackers-in-russia-and-iran-are-targeting-uk-groups-ncsc-warns\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">State-linked hackers in Russia and Iran are targeting UK groups, NCSC warns<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}