Security News > 2020 > June > Indian IT Company Was Hired to Hack Politicians, Investors, Journalists Worldwide

Citizen Lab started its investigation into the 'Dark Basin' group in 2017 after it was contacted by a journalist targeted with phishing pages that were served via the self-hosted open-source Phurl URL shortener.

"Dark Basin left copies of their phishing kit source code available openly online, as well as log files" that "Recorded every interaction with the credential phishing website, including testing activity carried out by Dark Basin operators," Citizen Lab said.

"Dark Basin has a remarkable portfolio of targets, from senior government officials and candidates in multiple countries to financial services firms such as hedge funds and banks to pharmaceutical companies."

"Many of Dark Basin's targets have a strong but unconfirmed sense that the targeting is linked to a dispute or conflict with a particular party whom they know."

Cybersecurity company NortonLifeLock also conducting a parallel investigation into Dark Basin's operations, dubbed as "Mercenary.Amanda" and released a list of Indicators of Compromise.

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