Iranian hackers may have spent years in running a creative and most dedicated cyber espionage campaign to steal government credentials with the help of Social Media including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ YouTube and Blogger. The Iranian hackers group has targeted current and former senior U.S. military officials, including a four-star. Navy admiral, U..S. lawmakers and ambassadors, members of the U..S.-Israeli lobby, diplomats, journalists, journalists from Washington D.C. and. Israel.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/05/iranian-hackers-pose-as-journalists-to.html