Tehran traffic cameras
March 3, 2026
•[ hacking, surveillance, espionage ]
DataBreaches summarized reporting alleging Israeli intelligence hacked or accessed a very large portion of Tehrans traffic camera network over multiple years to track senior Iranian officials, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The reporting claimed real-time camera data (including cameras around Khameneis compound) was encrypted and transmitted to servers in Israel and used to build pattern of life intelligence, such as where security teams parked vehicles.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (DGO)
March 30, 2025
•[ cyber-espionage, intelligence gathering, email breach ]
In late March 2025, German officials reported a cyber-espionage incident targeting the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Osteuropakunde (DGO), a nonprofit academic association focused on Eastern Europe. Investigators attributed the intrusion to Russias Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), also known as Midnight Blizzard, APT29, or NOBELIUM. Attackers accessed email servers and internal communications for intelligence-gathering purposes. No data encryption or operational disruption was reported, indicating a stealthy exploitation of application servers.
