Hackers hit Iranian apps, websites after US-Israeli strikes
TL;DR
Following U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, hackers targeted Iranian news websites, apps like BadeSaba, and government services with disruptive messages and cyber operations. These attacks aimed to limit Iran's response, while Iranian groups had already launched data-wiping attacks on Israeli targets.
Source: Reuters
A wave of cyber-enabled operations took place Feb. 28 alongside the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on targets across Iran, according to cybersecurity experts and observers. The operations included the hacking of multiple news websites to display various messages and the hack of BadeSaba, a religious calendar app with more than 5 million downloads, which displayed messages telling users “It’s time for reckoning” and urging armed forces to give up weapons and join the people. Cyber operations also struck a variety of Iranian government services and military targets to limit a coordinated Iranian response, the Jerusalem Post reported. Cybersecurity firm Anomali said that state-backed Iranian hacking groups were already carrying out "wiper" attacks that erase data on Israeli targets ahead of the strikes. Full Story