Security News > 2020 > July > Hey there, want to break into computers like an Iranian hacker crew? IBM finds 40GB of videos that include how-tos

The crew at IBM X-Force has uncovered a massive cache of files, including about five hours of training videos intended for a select crew of hackers in Iran known as ITG18.

Big Blue said the videos range from two minutes to two hours and mainly cover techniques for compromising popular webmail services.

They also include videos of hackers combing through data in a compromised email accounts from Google, AOL Hotmail, and Yahoo!, including those of member of the United States Navy, as well as an officer in the Hellenic naval forces.

Justin Sun, CEO of BitTorrent and founder of the Tron Foundation, has put out the call for a $1m bounty on information about the people responsible for the massive hack and cryptocurrency grab that was believed to have netted around $120,000 in scammed cryptocoins obtained via hijacked celebrity and corporate accounts.

The FBI is talking up a 71-month prison sentence handed out to a man who did the dirty work of hackers.

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