For the past several months, suspected Iranian hackers have been rooting around the IT systems of at least three telecommunications companies in Pakistan, accessing data servers when it suits them, according to cybersecurity company Symantec. The report, published Tuesday, points the finger at a group called Greenbug, which used virtual “tunnels” to quietly stay connected to victim machines. The telecom data could offer a trove of information to spy on targets in Pakistan, and the hackers were determined to access the company’s networks. “As we would close one door, they would attempt to come back through another,” said Jon DiMaggio, senior cyberthreat analyst at the Symantec Enterprise Division, recalling Greenbug’s drive to stay on the Pakistani telecom companies’ networks after being discovered. Analysts told CyberScoop that the report is another example of the challenges some telecom providers have in keeping spies out of their networks. Eighteen different hacking groups linked to various governments went after telecom companies […]
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