Thousands of US service members targeted in suspected Iranian cyberattack: report

More than 2,000 Marines may have been the target of a suspected cyberattack linked to Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, with the U.S. service members’ personal information and data potentially being compromised.

“The Pentagon is investigating, and early indications suggest at least some of the leaked information is authentic,” the Journal reported.

The Handala Hack Team, which according to the Journal is “linked to the Iranian government,” claimed to have published the personal data of 2,379 U.S. Marines stationed in the Middle East.

“This is just a drop in the ocean of our surveillance capabilities,” the hacking group wrote in a social media post on Telegram, claiming to possess the personal information of “tens of thousands of American military personnel in the region,” as well as “detailed knowledge of their families” and “home addresses,” according to the Journal.