Iranian Hackers Use Facebook to Spy on Western Officials

Iranian hackers created fake Facebook personas and befriended U.S. and western officials in an “unprecedented, three-year cyber-espionage campaign,” reports Reuters.

According to Internet security firm iSight Partners, the targets included lobbyists, politicians, ambassadors, a U.S. Navy admiral and officials from several other countries including Saudi Arabia and the U.K.

The operatives used fake accounts and fictitious personal content to befriend targets. Eight personas claimed to work for defense contractors or similar organizations and six others appeared to work for the website newsonair.org.

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