European Parliament’s Iran delegation chair victim of Tehran-linked hacking

European Parliament’s Iran delegation chair victim of Tehran-linked hacking

Hannah Neumann was targeted in a cyber-espionage operation by an infamous Iranian hacking group earlier this year, she said.

A hacker group, most likely controlled by Iran, has attacked European Parliament member Hannah Neumann (Greens). As the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" reports, the attackers attempted to infiltrate a computer in the MEP's Brussels office to spy on her. A technical analysis by the European Parliament's Directorate-General for IT and Cybersecurity (DG ITEC), reported on by "Die Zeit," confirms the attack. It states that "the tactics, technology, and …