Iranian hackers used Facebook socks
 

Iranian spooks were involved in a three year hacker campaign using Facebook socks and a fake news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries.

ISight Partners, which uncovered the operation, said the hackers' targets include a four-star U.S. Navy admiral, US lawmakers and ambassadors, members of the US Israeli lobby, and personnel from Britain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

It is not clear what data had been stolen by the hackers, who were looking for passwords to government and corporate networks.

iSight Executive Vice President Tiffany Jones told Reuters that the fact the programme went for so long indicated that they had some success.

The hackers created six "personas" who appeared to work for a fake news site, NewsOnAir.org, which used content from the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and other media outlets. They then built eight personas who purported to work for defence contractors and other organizations.

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