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2022: Theft of internal correspondence per 100 thousand letters
On October 21, 2022, it became known that cybercriminals hacked the email server of one of the companies that are part of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AAEI), a state monopoly enterprise that controls the activities of the country's nuclear power facilities.
It is reported that the attack was carried out from abroad. The attackers had at their disposal important information, including operational data on the operation of the nuclear power plant. The Iranian hacker group Black Reward published a message on Telegram, which refers to the hacking of 324 mailboxes of one of the OAEI structures and the extraction of about 100 thousand letters. The total amount of stolen information exceeds 50 GB.
The cybercriminal group Black Reward in its statement threatened to disclose the stolen information within 24 hours if the authorities did not release political prisoners and people arrested during the riots. Anti-government protests rocked Iran at the end of September 2022 after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl who was detained by the Leadership Edifying Patrol Iran for a hijab not worn in accordance with Islamic norms.
The release of data obtained in the email server attack is said to be an "act of support for protesters in Iran." The stolen information includes data on the management and operation of various parts of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, passports and visas of Iranian and Russian specialists working there, as well as contracts and agreements in the field of nuclear power with local and foreign partners.
However, the Office of Public Diplomacy and Information of the UAE states that the stolen files do not contain critical data, and the act of cybercriminals is aimed primarily at attracting public attention.
 | The contents of the stolen emails include technical information, as well as routine and everyday messages, the publication says.[1] |  |
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