Iranian hackers target four Singapore universities

Iranian hackers have targeted four Singapore universities in a wave of attacks believed to be part of last month's security breach involving global education institutions, writes Eileen Yu for By The Way.

At least 52 accounts were affected across the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Technology and Design, according to a joint statement last week by Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Education.

Hackers had used phishing attacks to harvest credentials from affected staff members and used these to gain access to the institutions' online libraries and research articles published by the academic staff. Based on their investigations, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and the ministry said no sensitive data had been stolen and the attacks did not appear to be linked to the APT attacks against NUS and NTU last year. They were, however, believed to be part of last month's attacks against education institutions worldwide including 144 universities in the United States.
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