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2.3 Iran suffers latest in string of embarrassing anti-government hacker attacks
Iran suffered the latest in a string of embarrassing cyberattacks from hackers on February 2 when an anti-government message was played on state television streaming website Telewebion.
The attack was claimed by a hacktivist group calling itself Edalat-e Ali (Ali's Justice), the same group that this week claimed to have leaked a highly confidential document to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda in which, it is claimed, an intelligence official of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) states that discontent in Iranian society threatens to boil over in the face of economic strife.
The hack of Telewebion took the form of a video forcibly played on the platform in which a masked man appears and a muffled voice says the Iranian regime “will no longer silence us.”
"We'll burn hijabs. We'll burn their pictures and propaganda posters," the voice says while in the background a young woman is taking off her hijab. "We will break their idols. We will reveal their palaces so that the people can punish them."
In August, Ali's Justice released footage showing harsh conditions in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. It claimed to have obtained the footage with a hack.
Last week, hackers gained access to several Iranian state television channels and broadcast pictures of an exiled dissident group. The interruption to programming also involved the playing of a message saying Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should be executed.
In recent months, Iran has also been targeted with several cyberattacks including one that disrupted the payment card-based sales of heavily subsidised gasoline and led to huge lines of cars at petrol stations nationwide, and another that caused chaos and train delays on the Iranian railway system.
Other cyberattacks have targeted Iran’s nuclear programme, causing significant damage to facilities.
Iran has blamed such attacks on archfoes United States and Israel. Responding to press questions about the cyberattack, Telewebion said it suffered “infrastructure” irregularities and an archive failure, but did not elaborate on the cause.
Telewebion is owned by state broadcaster IRIB.
After the cyberattack, Telewebion's live streaming platform was out of service for 21 hours.
Telewebion provides live internet broadcasting and an archive of IRIB programmes. Its broadcasts include sporting events, including FIFA World Cup football matches. The platform is one of the top five most visited websites in Iran.
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