US EditionHackers hit Iranian apps, websites after US-Israeli strikes
The BadeSaba Calendar app, with over 5 million users, was hacked to send surrender messages to Iranian forces during coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes, aiming to weaken regime loyalty.
- A wave of cyberattacks hit Iranian websites and apps, including a religious calendar app with over 5 million downloads, in coordination with US-Israeli strikes on Iranian targets.
- Internet connectivity in Iran dropped significantly during the attacks, with messages displayed on hacked sites urging armed forces to surrender and join the people.
- Cybersecurity experts warned of potential retaliation from Iranian proxy groups and hacktivists against US, Israeli, and affiliated targets through data breaches, ransomware, and DDoS attacks.
36 Articles
36 Articles
'Help Has Arrived:' Hackers Use Prayer App to Speak to Iranian People as Strikes Occurred
Iranian citizens awoke to mysterious push notifications from a hacked prayer app urging military personnel to surrender as Israel and the United States launched coordinated strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities Saturday morning.
Israel Co-Opted Major Iranian Prayer App To Encourage Millions to Turn Against the Islamic Regime
This once again shows Israeli ingenuity and skill. Rather than targeting its enemies indiscriminately, as it is falsely accused of doing, it carries out extremely precise targeted operations. This was just a notification, but it went largely to people who support the Islamic regime, as they’re the ones who mostly use this prayer app. Most of the Iranian people have actually left Islam at this point. 47 years of Islamic rule have left them disgus…
A wave of cyber-enabled operations took place early Saturday morning, along with the joint US-Israeli attack on targets across Iran, according to cybersecurity experts and observers. The operations included hacking multiple news websites to display different messages and hacking BadeSaba, a religious calendar app with more than 5 million downloads, which displayed messages telling users "It's time for accountability" and calling on the armed for…
Mossad hacks popular Iranian prayer app, urges mass defection among soldiers
While no government officially claimed responsibility, cybersecurity analysts quoted in multiple outlets said the operation bore the hallmarks of Mossad and Israel’s cyber warfare units. By Hezy Laing A major cyber operation attributed by experts to Israel targeted one of Iran’s most widely used religious applications, sending defection appeals to millions of users across the country. The BadeSaba Calendar app—downloaded more than five million t…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
