Big Law
A Suspected Iran-Linked Hacking Campaign Gets Shut Down by Facebook
Facebook has interrupted a sophisticated and highly targeted hacking campaign by a group that some experts have linked to the Iranian government, the company said Thursday.
The hacker group known as “Tortoiseshell” used Facebook and other social networks to trick military personnel and defense and aerospace industry employees into downloading custom malware that spied on victims and stole their data, the company said in a blog post.
“This campaign was highly targeted, and the group invested time in these fake personas and understanding their targets,” Mike Dvilyanski, head of cyber espionage investigations for Facebook, told reporters during a media call.
