Vast hack-for-hire scheme against activists, corporate targets tied to Indian IT firm
An Indian cybersecurity firm operated a widespread hack-for-hire scheme that, for a span of seven years, aimed to steal passwords from journalists, advocacy groups, investment firms and an array of other targets, according to new research. Since 2013, thousands of people throughout the world have been targeted with phishing emails that appeared to come from friends, co-workers, Facebook, pornography websites and other sources. In fact, the emails aimed to trick recipients into providing their username and password to BellTroX InfoTech Services, an Indian security firm that aimed to hack organizations on behalf of its clients, according to the internet watchdog group Citizen Lab, a research group affiliated with the University of Toronto. Citizen Lab did not provide details on the company’s clients, but did count the net neutrality advocacy groups Fight for the Future and the Electronic Frontier Foundation among the intended victims. Environmental groups working on the #ExxonKnew campaign, which […]
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