Holy Souls is a moniker used by the Iranian actor Emennet Pasargad. According to Microsoft, the actor used the name Holy Souls on a hacker forum and, in early January 2023, offered to sell personal information belonging to 230,000 subscribers of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo for 20 bitcoins. The published sample of the stolen data included subscriber names and addresses. Supporting content links Emennet Pasargad to multiple influence campaigns, including compromise of an SMS service in Sweden and hijacking advertising billboards to spread misinformation during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Emennet Pasargad is described as an Iranian company believed to have provided cybersecurity services for the Iranian government and to have a long history of influence operations. No additional sub-groups are directly mentioned in the provided content.
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