Google detects phishing attacks in Iran ahead of elections

June 13, 2013

Google has detected large-scale phishing attacks targeting users in Iran, ahead of presidential elections in the country. The company has detected and disrupted for almost three weeks email-based phishing campaigns that are aimed at compromising the accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users, Eric Grosse, Google’s vice president for security engineering wrote in a blog post Wednesday. Phishing emails, claim to be from legitimate sources, and steal information often by directing users to a fraudulent website where they are required to fill in their personal or financial information. Google has also reported a drop in connectivity to Gmail in the country ahead of the election on Friday. Iran, which has talked about launching a local “national Internet”, has a history of blocking access to Internet services and websites considered offensive by the regime. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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