A profile of Israel-linked Predatory Sparrow, whose cyberattacks of Iranian civilian targets are some of the most aggressive offensive hacking incidents ever
From repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow's offensive hacking … Mastodon: @simontsui@infosec.exchange and @agreenberg@infosec.exchange X: @a_greenberg , @soheilsec , and @cecalli_helper Mastodon: Simon / @simontsui@infosec.exchange : WIRED reports on Israeli-aligned threat actor Predatory Sparrow, who have been linked to attacks on 3 Iranian steelworks, Iran's railway system computers, and payment systems affecting Iran's gas station pumps (twice). This article is a summary of known Predatory Sparrow incidents in the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas War and rising tensions in the Middle East. … Andy Greenberg / @agreenberg@infosec.exchange : Israel-linked hacker group Predatory Sparrow has carried out some of the most disruptive hacking of civilian targets ever. Yet they also claim to limit their cyberattacks' harm. I dug into the recent history of this hyper-aggressive, contradictory player in cyberwar. — https://www.wired.com/... X: Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : That contradiction is captured in an insane clip from a video the hackers posted from their destructive attack on a steel mill in Iran. The hackers wrote that it was “carried out carefully so to protect innocent individuals.” But you can see two workers narrowly escaping death. [video] Soheil / @soheilsec : گنجشک درنده(اسرائیل) از 2021 تا الان 2021: Train Chaos 2021: Gas Station Paralysis 2022: Steel Mill Meltdown 2023: Gas Station Paralysis, Redux https://www.wired.com/... @cecalli_helper : “any suggestion of restraint or discrimination from a hacker group that likely has Israeli government ties warrants skepticism.” https://www.wired.com/... Sparrow CyberWar @Law4Palestine @AliAbunimah @Palestine_UN @CIJ_ICJ @IntlCrimCourt @AlJazeera @OnlinePalEng