The Black Reward hacktivist allegedly stole thousands of emails

The Black Reward hacktivist group claimed it had successfully stolen thousands of emails from an Iranian entity. Based on reports, the affected entity is the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, but the company has denied the attackers’ claims.

According to Black Reward, they have stolen 324 inboxes that contained more than a hundred thousand messages, totalling 50 gigabytes of files. Additionally, the troves of data include construction plans for a powerplant, personal details of Iranian workers, and passport information for Russian engineers that aid the Iranian corporation.

Moreover, the threat group has detailed on Twitter that their campaign has snatched multiple technical details and reports from the Iranian nuclear powerplant. Other researchers have also spotted several correspondences related to the Atomic Energy Agency.

 

Black Reward took to social media to reveal that they are Iranian citizens.

 

According to the Black Reward’s Twitter post, they are a group of Iranian hackers who oppose Iran’s current government.

The group decided to execute a cyberattack against their government as an act of protest against the death of an Iranian woman who died after being taken into custody for not observing the strict dress code for females.

The hacktivist group initiated the attack after a piece of video evidence showed that the woman died from injuries inflicted by Iranian authorities. However, the Iranian government insisted that the woman died from a heart attack.

Currently, the Iranian administration has launched its response to these attacks by restricting its people from accessing social media to stop the distribution of anti-government protests and propaganda.

The Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation has also dismissed the hacktivist’s group claims of accessing their sensitive information. This entity stated that the group is only giving false claims since there is a possibility that they are a foreign enemy and want to spread misinformation to Iranians.

Black Rewards has opposed the government’s statement and started posting information about the stolen data. Users who want to check the sample of the stolen data are encouraged to access virtual machines as the Atomic Energy Organisation’s email services are loaded with viruses.