Iran-backed hackers targeted a large number of Middle Eastern organizations, as they pilfered passwords to all manner of government and private entities
The leak landed a month after a hacker with the user handle Mr_L4nnist3r claimed to have access to a trove of OilRig files. Nothing emerged from that particular account, but in early April, posts from a Twitter user @dookhtegan1 also promised to leak data on OilRig’s operations. They posted a link to a chat group on messaging app Telegram, which was swiftly downloaded by researchers.
The dump also included a handful of OilRig's hacking tools. They included one that allowed OilRig operators to hijack connections going via the domain name system . The DNS is often called the phone book of the web, as it’s what routes a user’s PC or phone through to the right web server when they type in an address or click on a link.
from a researcher who went by the name MisterCh0c, who listed a number of web servers the Oil Rig attackers had targeted. MisterCh0c toldshortly after the leak that he’d spoken with the leaker and they’d claimed to have access to 40 gigabytes of OilRig files and wanted to sell them for $30,000. Forbes could not get hold of Mr_L4nnist3r for validation of that claim.
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