Hackers hacked into email services of Iranian company involved in the sale of Shaheds to Russia
The total price of the deal between Russia and Iran on UAVs and their technology is almost $2bn
Hackers from the Prana Network group have hacked into the email servers of the Iranian company IRGC Sahara Thunder, which facilitates the illegal sale of Shahed attack drones to Russia.
Source. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the Iranian cyber news agency.
"On 4 February 2024, PRANA Network announced the successful hacking of the email servers of an IRGC shell company called Sahara Thunder, which facilitates the illegal sale of weapons from Iran to Russia," the statement said.
It is noted that the amount of hacked data is almost 10 GB of files. They include "contracts for multimillion-dollar deals, payments in gold bullion, unmanned aerial vehicle technology, data from an agent in the UAE called GENERATION TRADING FZE, a company called ALABUGA, bank account data, factory layouts, etc.".
According to the files published on the simorgh.io portal, Iran initially estimated the starting price of the Shahed strike UAV at 23 million rubles per unit (approximately $375,000). However, later, during negotiations, Russia and Iran reached an agreement of 12 million rubles (approximately $193 thousand) for the order of 6,000 drones, or 18 million rubles (approximately $290 thousand) for 2,000 units.
The total contract price for the production, transfer of technology and equipment for 6,000 sets of UAVs, as well as software, is RUB 108.5 billion (approximately $1.75 billion).
If you have read this article to the end, we hope that means it was useful for you.
We work to ensure that our journalistic and analytical work is of high quality, and we strive to perform it as competently as possible. This also requires financial independence. Support us for only UAH 196 per month.
Become a Mind subscriber for just USD 5 per month and support the development of independent business journalism!
You can unsubscribe at any time in your LIQPAY account or by sending us an email: [email protected]
