Microsoft accuses Iran’s government of cyber operation against Charlie Hebdo

Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis Center says a hacking group within the Iranian government is behind a cyber operation that targeted French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The group — which Microsoft calls Neptunium and the U.S. Justice Department calls Emennet Pasargad — claimed in January it had stolen the personal information of 200,000 Charlie Hebdo customers after hacking into one of the magazine’s databases. 

In several social media posts under the name Holy Souls, the group marketed samples of the stolen …

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