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| Gmail accounts in Iran hacked, says Google | Gmail accounts in Iran hacked, says Google |
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| Google reports it has stopped a series of attempts to hack the email accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users in what the company believes is an attempt to influence the country's upcoming election. | Google reports it has stopped a series of attempts to hack the email accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users in what the company believes is an attempt to influence the country's upcoming election. |
| "For almost three weeks, we have detected and disrupted multiple email-based phishing campaigns," Eric Grosse, the vice-president for security engineering, wrote in a post on Google's blog on Wednesday. The phishing campaigns are originating in Iran, targeting users there and representing a big surge in the region's hacking activity before Iran's presidential election on Friday, Grosse said. | "For almost three weeks, we have detected and disrupted multiple email-based phishing campaigns," Eric Grosse, the vice-president for security engineering, wrote in a post on Google's blog on Wednesday. The phishing campaigns are originating in Iran, targeting users there and representing a big surge in the region's hacking activity before Iran's presidential election on Friday, Grosse said. |
| "The timing and targeting of the campaigns suggest that the attacks are politically motivated," he said. He did not give further details. | "The timing and targeting of the campaigns suggest that the attacks are politically motivated," he said. He did not give further details. |
| The relatively routine phishing attempts direct users to fake account maintenance pages where they are asked to give their username and password, Grosse said. | The relatively routine phishing attempts direct users to fake account maintenance pages where they are asked to give their username and password, Grosse said. |
| Google said it used its Chrome browser to detect phishing efforts from what appears to be the same Iranian group in 2011. | Google said it used its Chrome browser to detect phishing efforts from what appears to be the same Iranian group in 2011. |
| Iranians will vote on Friday to find a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run for a third term in office. | Iranians will vote on Friday to find a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run for a third term in office. |
| Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric who rejects Ahmadinejad's combative approach in world affairs, has become the frontrunner in the final days before the election after pro-reform candidate Mohammad Reza Aref pulled out on Tuesday and former presidents Mohammad Khatami and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw their support behind Rouhani. | Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric who rejects Ahmadinejad's combative approach in world affairs, has become the frontrunner in the final days before the election after pro-reform candidate Mohammad Reza Aref pulled out on Tuesday and former presidents Mohammad Khatami and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw their support behind Rouhani. |
| Rouhani's remaining opponents are four conservatives and a hardliner. | Rouhani's remaining opponents are four conservatives and a hardliner. |
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