Organisation
organisation:iranian_intelligence
Also: Iran’s intelligence officers
Iranian intelligence personnel who obtained access to covert CIA communication websites and used the information against sources and agents.
Iranian intelligence personnel who obtained access to covert CIA communication websites and used the information against sources and agents.
“Iranian intelligence were in the communication channels too”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Covert communications websites | Explicit | 75 |
| outgoing | USES | Open-source intelligence | Explicit | 75 |
| outgoing | USES | Lateral discovery of related websites | Explicit | 75 |
| outgoing | USES | IP address monitoring | Explicit | 75 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | China | Attributed | 75 |
Iranian intelligence USES Covert communications websites
Iranian intelligence gained access to and monitored a secret CIA communications website after receiving information from a double agent.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 75 Details
“Iranian intelligence were in the communication channels too, watching what was being said.”
Iranian intelligence USES Open-source intelligence
After finding one covert website, Iranian officials used open-source or creative Googling techniques to find additional sites.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jenna McLaughlin EP 75 Details
“It just needed some sort of creative Googling skills which most average open-source intelligence technicians – but, you know, even average people now, the hordes of Twitter, are certainly capable of.”
Iranian intelligence USES Lateral discovery of related websites
Iranian officials followed structural indicators from one website to discover other related covert communications websites.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Zach Dorfman EP 75 Details
“once you pull that thread and you say well, this website has certain indicators, they were able to then find other websites with other indicators”
Iranian intelligence USES IP address monitoring
Iranian officials monitored traffic and checked IP addresses to identify users of the covert websites.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Zach Dorfman EP 75 Details
“see the traffic, check IP addresses, do all kinds of things to try to figure out who’s using it and when.”
Iranian intelligence ASSOCIATED_WITH China
Iranian intelligence reportedly shared counterintelligence information with Chinese officials; the episode presents the relationship as reported rather than independently confirmed.
Attributed Confidence 91% · Jenna McLaughlin EP 75 Details
“Iran was sharing this with its allies and our adversaries. That information was passed along, we’re told, not only to Russia but also to Chinese officials.”