Russian group hijacked Iranian cyber unit ‘to hack global targets’
The Russian Turla group was able to use the tools of an Iran unit to attack several countries, say British and US officials
21 October 2019 - 18:52
London — Russian hackers hijacked an Iranian cyber unit to attack governments and industrial organisations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and US officials said on Monday.
The Russian group, known as “Turla” and accused by Estonian and Czech authorities of operating on behalf of Russia’s FSB security service, has used Iranian tools and computer infrastructure to hack in to organisations in at least 20 different countries over the past 18 months, British security officials said...
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