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Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran's Financial System

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Predatory Sparrow targeted Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex , accusing it of enabling sanctions violation and terrorist financing on behalf of the Iranian regime.

The group has long been one of the most aggressive cyberwarfare-focused groups in the world.

The same group targeted Iran 's Sepah bank, claiming to have destroyed “all” the bank's data in retaliation for its associations with Iran 's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .

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English

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