In its new report, Mandiant, a cyber security company, revealed that hackers who work for the intelligence organization of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards attack their victims by collecting information on their personal accounts through phishing and electronic espionage attacks and the production and distribution of malware.

The website "Iran Briefing" stated: The first traces of the activities of this group, called "APT42" - starting in 2015 - reveal that the group's goals are mainly spying on a variety of people and organizations, according to the priorities and interests of the Iranian regime.