Security experts at iSight just revealed the details of a three-year-long campaign believed to be masterminded by Iranian spies. This scheme involved creating a fake news organization, NewsOnAir.org, that they filled with stole stories from Reuters, CNN, BBC, and others. They used to site to add credibility to a vast network of fake social media profiles that they’d created for the fake news site’s writers and editors. All of this effort was simply so that members of Congress, military leaders, defense contractors, lobbyists, and journalists would trust them and accept their friend requests. From there, the hackers would gain access to all kinds of persona information.
via Gizmodo
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