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Dutch, US, UK warn Iran uses Chosen Brick spyware against dissidents

Dutch AIVD, FBI, and UK NCSC jointly warn that Iranian cyber actors are using spyware 'Chosen Brick' to gain full control of devices belonging to dissidents, activists, and journalists in the West. The operation involves social engineering via social media to trick targets into opening malicious files. This is a coordinated international alert, indicating a persistent and evolving threat to Iranian diaspora communities.

NOS1 day agoNL, US, GB, IRCredibility 48%View source

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Mosaic Score5.4
Confidence0.9
Significance0.5
Source credibility0.5

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