Facebook says Iranian advanced persistent threat group targeted U.S. military, aerospace industries. Group dubbed Tortoiseshell plotted to target military personnel and companies in the defense and aerospace industries in the U.K. and Europe. Facebook blocked the malicious domains the group created from being shared on its platform, took down the group’s accounts and notified those believed to have been targeted. The group created dozens of fake domains designed to appeal to people from across a wide variety of industries and interests, Facebook says. It created fake online personas when contacting targets, sometimes engaging them for months.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/facebook-disrupts-iranian-apt-campaign-a-17082