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7 April 2022

Meta reported having taken “action against two cyber espionage operations from Iran. The first network was linked to a group of hackers known in the security industry as UNC788. The second was a separate, previously unreported group that targeted industries like energy, telecommunications, maritime logistics, information technology and others”. According to the report, UNC788 “targeted people in the Middle East, including Saudi military, dissidents and human rights activists from Israel and Iran, politicians in the U.S. and Iran-focused academics, activists and journalists around the world”.

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