US government agency website hacked by group claiming to be from Iran

[intrepidity]

Source: The Guardian

A group claiming to be hackers from Iran have breached the website of a little-known US government agency and posted messages vowing revenge for Washington’s killing of top military commander Qassem Suleimani.

The website of the Federal Depository Library Program was replaced on Saturday with a page titled “Iranian Hackers!” that displayed images of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Iranian flag.

“Martyrdom was (Suleimani’s)... reward for years of implacable efforts,” read a graphic depicting US president Donald Trump being punched by a fist emanating from Iran as missiles fly by.

“With his departure and with God’s power, his work and path will not cease and severe revenge awaits those criminals who have tainted their filthy hands with his blood and blood of the other martyrs,” it said.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/05/us-government-agency-website-hacked-by-group-claiming-to-be-from-iran

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A library site, of all things.

[Historic NY]

1. So the wrote they were Iranians Hackers....

yeah ok.

[Ilsa]

2. Iranian teenagers. Such a wild and crazy group. nt

[duforsure]

3. Likely Putin behind this

To use to blame Iran with for more diversions away from trumps impeachment.

[FM123]

4. somehow hacking into a library site doesn't seem like their thing....

a recent Wired report shows Iranian hackers are increasingly focusing their attacks on critical infrastructure and the physical systems controlling things like oil refineries and electric utilities
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74mx9/we-talked-to-experts-about-irans-cyberwar-capabilities

[bluevoter4life]

5. Might be testing the vulnerabilities of a govt website

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And they used an obscure agency as their testbed before moving on to something more sinister.

[FM123]

7. that's a thought too, testing the waters

Fins!

[mainer]

6. If only they could hack into Deutsche Bank

and share the Trump files with the world.

Heck, while they're at it, let's see the pee tape.