Iran's school for cyberspies could've used a few more lessons in preventing breaches

Iran's school for state-sponsored cyberattackers admits it suffered a breach exposing the names and other personal information of its associates and students. The Ravin Academy was established in 2019, ostensibly to train individuals in all facets of cybersecurity and recruit the best to work on Iranian intelligence (MOIS) …

[Anonymous Coward]

Care to name the currently employer(s) of those students?

[that one in the corner]

School for state-sponsored cyberattackers suffered a breach

<nelson-muntz>Ha-ha</nelson-muntz>

[Throatwarbler Mangrove]

Really?

"Iran is one of the West's four main geopolitical adversaries alongside China, Russia, and North Korea."

There's a lot to unpack in this one sentence, and I'm struggling to find the right words. It certainly reeks of propaganda. Which countries constitute "The West," and are they all equally aligned against the four countries labeled "adversaries"? Would Iran be an adversary if the US, in particular, had not continually propped up a brutal dictator for decades? Is North Korea any more than a Chinese cat's paw? Do Iran and North Korea deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Russia and China? Who benefits from hostility towards these nations?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Really?

> .. Who benefits from hostility towards these nations?

The Washington Neocons always require a foreign bogeyman to scare the voters with.

[Someone Else]

Irony can be so ironic!

[Anonymous Coward]

(Chinese) Anonymous Coward!!

Quote: "...We view the cyber operations located in Hubble Road, Cheltenham as a significant national threat......" Anonymous Chinese source.

[An_Old_Dog]

School Records

Interviewer: I see by your resumé you attended Ravin Academy. How did you do there?

Candidate: I rocked it.

Interviewer: Can you show me your school records from there to back that up?

Candidate: I will not. I can, however, show you everyone elses' school records from there to back that up.