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On November 21st, Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) was alerted to a new string of ransomware attacks, strongly indicated to be the Russian advanced persistent threat dubbed Sandworm.
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On the afternoon of November 19th, the Armed Forces of Ukraine alleged that a group of hackers briefly subjected Russian viewers to a pro-Ukrainian propaganda reel on their behalf.
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The evening November 11th saw a string of cyber attacks against the Iranian Foreign Ministry and other websites targeted as part of the OpIran hacktivism campaign.
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Iran has erupted in protest after the brutal September 16th killing of Jina (or Mahsa) Amini. The Iranian government has had an extreme response: violent crackdowns, missile attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan, and a near-complete cutoff of its citizenry from any global communications. The reply from the Hacktivist community has been resounding. In part of the so-called "#OpIran", websites and infrastructure have sustained intense cyber attacks. Hackers have doxxed government officials and pro-regime celebrities. An important lifeline to the protest movement, these groups provided Iranian citizens with awareness of tools to continue reaching outside support and media while protecting their privacy.
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In the past decade, the authoritarian regime's most famous cyber operations have been attributed to a state-sponsored threat actor known widely as Lazarus Group. Lazarus Group have a unique profile-with targets ranging from movie studios, to massive crypto wallets, to healthcare infrastructure.