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Reportseverity: Medium2018-02-28

Symantec attributes Middle East telecom intrusions to OilRig

published by Symantec (Broadcom)
Actor
APT34IR · IranAPT

Iranian state-sponsored actor publicly assessed to operate on behalf of the Iranian government, with persistent targeting of Middle East government, financial, energy, and telecommunications organiza…

Summary

Symantec published a profile linking OilRig (APT34) to a multi-year intrusion campaign against Middle East government and financial-sector targets, including telecom providers used as supply-chain stepping stones to downstream customers.

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attributionirantelecommunications

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symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com