Who can benefit from such a large-scale hacking incident?
Hudson Rock , an Israeli cybersecurity firm, has revealed large-scale cyber attacks on leading Iranian insurance companies and online food ordering services that affected a significant portion of Iran's 88 million people.
According to Hudson Rock, a hacker under the pseudonym "irleaks" posted a message on the cybercrime market on December 20, offering for sale more than 160 million data records of Iranians from 23 leading insurance companies in the country.
The data leak includes names, surnames, dates of birth, phone numbers, national codes, company codes, and other confidential information.
The data sample examined by Hudson Rock also contained passport numbers and other personal information. Researchers confirm the authenticity of the data and note the high complexity of attacks on so many insurance companies.
On December 30, the same hacker, irleaks, reported on the hacking of the largest Iranian online food ordering company, SnappFood, with the leakage of 3 TB of data, including very personal information. SnappFood confirmed the fact of hacking attempts and announced an investigation into the incident.
In their own investigation, Hudson Rock researchers identified a recently compromised SnappFood employee whose computer was infected with the StealC malware. Infection of an employee's computer led to the availability of a lot of confidential organization data, which was probably used as the initial attack vector.
The researchers raise the question of the possible involvement of state hacker associations in these complex cyber attacks. In their report, the researchers called the incident " Mysterious hacker attacks on Iran."
Hudson Rock , an Israeli cybersecurity firm, has revealed large-scale cyber attacks on leading Iranian insurance companies and online food ordering services that affected a significant portion of Iran's 88 million people.
According to Hudson Rock, a hacker under the pseudonym "irleaks" posted a message on the cybercrime market on December 20, offering for sale more than 160 million data records of Iranians from 23 leading insurance companies in the country.
The data leak includes names, surnames, dates of birth, phone numbers, national codes, company codes, and other confidential information.
The data sample examined by Hudson Rock also contained passport numbers and other personal information. Researchers confirm the authenticity of the data and note the high complexity of attacks on so many insurance companies.
On December 30, the same hacker, irleaks, reported on the hacking of the largest Iranian online food ordering company, SnappFood, with the leakage of 3 TB of data, including very personal information. SnappFood confirmed the fact of hacking attempts and announced an investigation into the incident.
In their own investigation, Hudson Rock researchers identified a recently compromised SnappFood employee whose computer was infected with the StealC malware. Infection of an employee's computer led to the availability of a lot of confidential organization data, which was probably used as the initial attack vector.
The researchers raise the question of the possible involvement of state hacker associations in these complex cyber attacks. In their report, the researchers called the incident " Mysterious hacker attacks on Iran."
