Krebs: Iranian outreach to Biden campaign was ‘late breaking’ news to U.S. gov

The former CISA director said Iran’s operation was “not something” the government had “been tracking for months.”

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Iran increases phishing attempts on U.S., Israeli targets

APT42 targeted the Biden and Trump presidential campaigns from May to June, Google researchers found.

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Trump campaign says emails were hacked, jumpstarting ‘a wild ride’ to election day

Former NSA cyber head Rob Joyce says the reported Iranian hack-and-leak op shows the country “in a cycle again” ahead of November’s presidential election.

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Leaked documents show how firm supports Chinese hacking operations

Documents that appear to belong to the offensive security firm I-SOON provide a rare window into the world of Beijing’s hackers for hire.

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Iranian government blames ‘foreign country’ for hack-and-leak of nuclear information

In a message to CyberScoop, the hactivists that took responsibility for the attack denied the Iranian government’s claim.

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Hacktivists claiming attack on Iranian steel facilities dump tranche of ‘top secret documents’

Incident just the latest iteration of the back and forth between Israeli and Iranianian-aligned hackers.

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