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Iranian Hackers Target Aviation and Oil Firms in Espionage Campaign
Iranian hackers posed as job recruiters to target software engineers at aviation and oil and gas companies. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 tracked the activity during the U.S. and Israeli conflict with Iran.
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U.S. and Israeli war with Iran, cybersecurity researchers told CNN on Friday. U.S. oil and gas firm along with organizations in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, according to researchers with Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42. U.S. airline.
42 researchers said they do not believe the hackers successfully breached any of the oil, gas, or aviation firms targeted. They believe some other targets were breached in the global campaign but declined to identify them. The group has shown no signs of slowing down despite the war and has continued to orchestrate sustained global cyber campaigns, the researchers said Friday. U.S. job listings.
The Aviation Information Sharing and Analysis Center said the effort did not come as a surprise. "We have been expecting attacks as a consequence of the war," the group's president, Jeffrey Troy, told CNN. CNN has requested comment from the Iranian mission to the United Nations. The FBI declined to comment for this story.
