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Farnaz Fassihi

@farnazfassihi
12 posts
2025-09-24
NEWS: Secret Service finds and seizes a cache of devices capable of crashing cell networks of world leaders at UNGA! 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers could interfere with emergency response services and could be used to conduct encrypted communication. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-09-24 View on X
Bloomberg

The US Secret Service says it has dismantled 300+ SIM card servers in the NYC area that could have disrupted communications ahead of the UN General Assembly

NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/... Anthony Guglielmi / @ajguglielmi : While investigating threats against senior officials, the @SecretService uncovered & dismantled a telecom net...

2021-11-29
Israel cyber hacked Iran's gas stations. Iran cyber hacked Israel's dating website & hospital. The covert war enters a new phase of targeting civilians. Millions of ordinary people caught in the crossfire. our latest w/ @ronenbergman https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-11-29 View on X
New York Times

Recent cyberattacks on Iran's fuel distribution system and an Israeli LGBTQ dating site show that Iran-Israel cyberwar is impacting civilians on a large scale

Iranians couldn't buy gas.  Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online.  The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens.

2021-11-28
Israel cyber hacked Iran's gas stations. Iran cyber hacked Israel's dating website & hospital. The covert war enters a new phase of targeting civilians. Millions of ordinary people caught in the crossfire. our latest w/ @ronenbergman https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-11-28 View on X
New York Times

Recent cyberattacks on Iran's fuel distribution system and an Israeli LGBTQ dating site show that Iran-Israel cyberwar is impacting civilians on a large scale

Iranians couldn't buy gas.  Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online.  The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens. Tweets: @alexgibneyfilm , @ebk...

2021-10-25
Beirut bureau chief @NYTBen writes about how he was hacked, twice probably by Saudi Arabia. How finding definite answers even by experts was elusive. How we are all vulnerable in this global game of hacking. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-10-25 View on X
New York Times

Citizen Lab: the iPhone of Ben Hubbard, an American reporter for NYT, was hacked in 2020 and 2021, likely by Saudi Arabia using NSO's Pegasus; NSO denies claim

Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused.  Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia. Source: The Citizen Lab .

2021-05-03
Our story on Clubhouse taking the Middle East by storm: From Iran to Egypt, a new forum to connect, debate, vent and listen in real-time audio chat rooms. “Practicing democracy in real time.” w/ @VivianHYee https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-05-03 View on X
New York Times

SensorTower data shows Clubhouse has been downloaded 1.1M times in the Middle East, where its users see it as an open forum to discuss politics and taboo issues

New York Times : Tweets: @abdu , @curdistani , @nytimes , @asadabukhalil , @shahselbe , @rickgladstone , @naderalihashemi , @freddydeknatel , @mairavz , @farnazfassihi , and @evel...

2020-09-20
Our exclusive story: A new group of Iranian Hackers & their vast cyber espionage operation targeting dissidents abroad & general public in Iran. They can infiltrate Telegram & download Whatsapp data w/ @ronenbergman https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-09-20 View on X
ZDNet

Check Point: Iranian hacker group Rampant Kitten, which has been active for 6+ years, has developed an Android malware capable of stealing 2FA SMS codes

the endpoint — then end-to-end encryption doesn't matter, the hacker now owns an end and can see content before anything is encrypted. The public doesn't really understand that and...

2020-09-19
Our exclusive story: A new group of Iranian Hackers & their vast cyber espionage operation targeting dissidents abroad & general public in Iran. They can infiltrate Telegram & download Whatsapp data w/ @ronenbergman https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-09-19 View on X
ZDNet

Check Point: Iranian hacker group Rampant Kitten, which has been active for 6+ years, has developed an Android malware capable of stealing 2FA SMS codes

The malware could steal 2FA SMS codes for Google accounts.  Also contained vague functionality to do the same for Telegram and various social networks.

2019-12-12
Our story: As #Iran battled unrest, another blow struck: hackers published bank account information of 15 million Iranians. Largest ever financial breach in Iran. w/ @ronenbergman #IranProtests https://www.nytimes.com/...
2019-12-12 View on X
New York Times

Details of 15M bank debit cards in Iran from its three largest banks have been published on social media in what experts suspect is a state-sponsored attack

The details of millions of Iranian bank cards were published online after antigovernment protests last month.  Experts suspect a state-sponsored cyberattack. Tweets: @gesfandiari a...

2018-01-02
#Iranians reporting nation-wide disruption of cell phone service & internet. Crackdowns begin. #IranianProtests #_
2018-01-02 View on X
Recode

Telegram, citing ToS, suspends public channel that incited violent anti-government protests in Iran; Telegram is a major platform with ~40M users in Iran

“There are lines one shouldn't cross,” says the CEO of the popular messaging app.  —  The executives of Telegram …

#Iranians reporting nation-wide disruption of cell phone service & internet. Crackdowns begin. #IranianProtests #_
2018-01-02 View on X
The Times of Israel

Reports say Iranian authorities temporarily cut off internet access to mobile phones as anti-government protests spread across the country

2018-01-01
#Iranians reporting nation-wide disruption of cell phone service & internet. Crackdowns begin. #IranianProtests #_
2018-01-01 View on X
Recode

Telegram, citing ToS, suspends public channel that incited violent anti-government protests in Iran; Telegram is a major platform with ~40M users in Iran

“There are lines one shouldn't cross,” says the CEO of the popular messaging app.  —  The executives of Telegram …

#Iranians reporting nation-wide disruption of cell phone service & internet. Crackdowns begin. #IranianProtests #_
2018-01-01 View on X
The Times of Israel

Reports say Iranian authorities temporarily cut off internet access to mobile phones as anti-government protests spread across the country

The Times of Israel :