Iqembu elikhethekile labaduni abaxhaswe nguhulumeni wase-Iran lingene ngempumelelo amakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-akhawunti ezisebenzi ezinkampanini zase-US nasezikhungweni zikahulumeni, ngokusho kwe-Feds, njengengxenye yomkhankaso we-cyber espionage weminyaka eminingi okuhloswe ngawo ukweba izimfihlo zempi.
UMnyango Wezezimali kanye Nombuso wase-US uphakathi kwalabo abangene shi emkhankasweni onemininingwane, owadonsa kusukela ngo-2016 kuya ku-2021 ngokusho kwecala loMnyango Wezobulungiswa e-US elingavalwanga kuleli sonto. Osonkontileka abehlukene bezokuvikela abanezimvume zokuphepha ezisezingeni eliphezulu, inkampani yamabhuku ezimali ezinze eNew York, kanye nenkampani yezihambi ezinze eNew York nabo bathintekile, ngokwamaphepha.
Sekukonke, izinhlangano ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili kanye namakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-akhawunti abasebenzi aba sengozini ekuhlaselweni, okuhlanganisa nama-akhawunti angaphezu kuka-200,000 esisulu sokwamukela izihambi.
Izakhamizi ezine zase-Irani - okuhlanganisa oyedwa okusolwa ukuthi uyilungu likahulumeni I-Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) I-Electronic Warfare Division - ibekwe amacala ngokuhlasela. Abamangalelwa basolwa ngokuzenza inkampani ezinze e-Iran okuhloswe ngayo ukuhlinzeka "ngezinsizakalo ze-cybersecurity" ochungechungeni lokugebenga ngomkhonto kulokho ababehlosile. Inhloso yabo bekuwukukhohlisa abamukeli be-imeyili ukuthi bachofoze isixhumanisi esinonya esisebenzise uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha lwangokwezifiso olungashiwongo ngegama futhi kwavunyelwa ukuthatha i-akhawunti.
Kwesinye isigameko, bakwazile ukuthatha i-akhawunti ye-imeyili yomqondisi kusonkontileka wezokuvikela, ababe sebeyisebenzisela ukudala amanye ama-akhawunti angagunyaziwe ukuze bathumele ama-imeyili ashoda ngomkhonto kubasebenzi benkontileka yezokuvikela ehlukile kanye nenkampani yabaxhumanisi.
Kwezinye izimo, baphinde bazenza ngempumelelo njengabesifazane abathanda ukuxhumana nabantu abathandanayo, beqondise izisulu ngokusebenzisa ukuxhumana kwezokuxhumana. Le gambit bekuhloswe ngayo ukuthi ekugcineni ifake uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha ezisulungekileyo, ngokusho kuka icala (PDF).
Zombili lezi zindlela zihambisana ne-MO yase-Iran yesikhathi eside ukudala imikhankaso ehlakaniphile yobunjiniyela bezenhlalakahle ukuthola ukuzethemba kwabahlosiwe. Umzamo wakamuva we-Charming Kitten isibonelo uhilele ukwakhiwa kwayo yonke inkundla yewebhu yomgunyathi ukuze ibeke engcupheni izisulu zayo ezihlosiwe. Ngokuvamile, abalingisi abasongela i-Iran-nexus "bathuthuke kakhulu futhi bayinkimbinkimbi kakhulu nge-margin ephawulekayo" emizamweni yabo yobunjiniyela bezenhlalakahle, ngokusho kukaSteven Adair, umsunguli kanye nomongameli weVoexity, ekhuluma ngemuva kokudalula umkhankaso we-Charming Kitten. “Izinga lomzamo nokuzinikela … lokho kwehlukile futhi akujwayelekile.”
Ibanga Lokunaka Kwedatha Alicacile
Emkhankasweni ovezwe kuleli sonto, uma ama-akhawunti esengozini, ithimba labagebengu kuthiwa lasebenzisa ingqalasizinda engemuva kanye nesicelo esibizwa ngokuthi "Dandelion" ukuphatha ukuhlasela. I-Dandelion inikeze ideshibhodi ebala izisulu, amakheli azo e-IP, izindawo ezingokoqobo, iziphequluli zewebhu, ne-OS; noma bachofoze izixhumanisi zobugebengu bomkhonto ezinonya; kanye nokuthi ama-akhawunti kufanele aqondiswe yini ukwenza umsebenzi owengeziwe.
UMnyango Wezobulungiswa awuzange uveze eminye imininingwane eminingi ngomzamo; futhi ayizange iveze ukuthi ingabe abahlaseli abaxhaswe uhulumeni bakwazile ukufinyelela futhi bantshontshe idatha ehlukanisiwe. Ngakho-ke, izinga lokuyekethisa abakwazile ukulifinyelela eminyakeni emihlanu ababecashe ngayo phakathi kwamanethiwekhi amanani aphezulu alikacaci.
Ngeshwa, isikhathi sejele cishe ngeke sitholakale uma kwenzeka ugwetshwa ecaleni: u-Hossein Harooni (حسین هارونی), Reza Kazemifar (رضا کاظمی فر), Komeil Baradaran Salmani (کمیل برادران سلمانی), kanye no-Alireza Shafie Nasab (عیضی عیسی سلمانی). نسب) konke kuhlala kubanzi. UMnyango Wezwe uhlinzeka ngomklomelo ofika ku-$10 million ngolwazi olungasiza ekubambeni kwabo.
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- Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/iran-dupes-military-contractors-govt-agencies-cybercampaign
