Reuters reported earlier that Iranian hackers are using fake Facebook accounts to spy on the U.S. Commenting on this, Lancope CTO TK Keanini said:
"Everything about Social Media was purpose built for spying when you consider every dimension including digital marketing analytics. I’d like to point to a few things we should recognise in this article.
Timeframe: 3-year cyber espionage campaign. A significant investment and you can expect that this level of threat can afford this level of investment.
Level of Talent: It took the expertise of iSight Partners to uncover this operation. They are in my opinion the best of the best at this and not everyone has access to this level of talent meaning that I’m certain there are more campaigns out there yet to be uncovered.
Cyberwar is a game of knowledge, not of bullets or bombs. As we become more of a knowledge economy and digital society, these events will become more regular and more impactful to our daily lives.