Iran-linked hackers target Kurdish and Iraqi officials in long-running cyberespionage campaign (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A cyberespionage group with suspected ties to Iran has been targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in a years-long cyber espionage campaign, according to a new report. Researchers at the Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET attributed the activity to a threat actor dubbed BladedFeline, believed to be a subgroup of OilRig, a well-documented Iranian state-backed actor active since at least 2014.

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