 |
Experts See Iranian Link in Attempt to Hack Syrian Dissident |
Paris, Associated Press-Aug 2, 2016 - Syrian opposition activist Noura Al-Ameer was combing through her emails late one night when a message caught her eye. The sender was 'Assadcrimes' and he promised information about Iranian meddling in the Middle East. But the email seemed odd.
Al-Ameer turned to her husband, cybersecurity trainer Bahr Abdul Razzak, in their small, book-cluttered home in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.
'Have you heard of this group before?' Al-Ameer asked.
'No,' he said. 'But let me check the email.'
Abdul Razzak, a fellow at internet watchdog group Citizen Lab, quickly determined that the group was bogus. The email, sent on Oct. 3 last year, was an electronic trap — one of hundreds of malicious messages that have flown back and forth as rebels grapple with the government of Bashar Assad in Syria. This one had been aimed at snaring Al-Ameer in particular; the website registered by the hacker was in her name, suggesting an attempt to stea
The main link
http://bit.ly/2aPE88b
No comments:
Post a Comment