Hackers target Iran state TV satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince
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Hackers disrupted Iranian state TV satellite transmissions to broadcast footage supporting exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, amid protests and a crackdown that has killed at least 3,919 people.
Source: ABC News
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country. The hacking comes as the death toll in a crackdown by authorities that smothered the demonstrations reached at least 3,919 people killed, activists said. They fear the number will grow far higher as information leaks out of a country still gripped by the government's decision to shut down the internet. The footage aired Jan. 18 across multiple channels broadcast by satellite from Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the country's state broadcaster which has a monopoly on television and radio broadcasting. Full Story