Twitter hacked: 'Iranian Cyber Army' signs off with poem to Khamenei

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Source: ap

Istanbul, Turkey – Hack attacks on Twitter and Iranian opposition websites are directing traffic to a web page created by the “Iranian Cyber Army.” The page is all black with a green flag and red lettering that reads in English: “This site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army."

The site indicated no link between the “Iranian Cyber Army” and the Iranian government. But Twitter and Facebook have been critical tools used by the opposition to mobilize street protests since June, and authorities in Iran have frequently targeted them and shut them down. Several lines of poetry in Farsi at the bottom of the “Cyber Army” page refer to the “Leader,” which is the common term used in Iran for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, suggesting that those who were behind the message could have been loyalists to Iran's Islamic system of rule. The verses read: “If the Leader orders, we will rush forward / If he asks us, we will offer our heads / If he wants us to be patient, we will tolerate and bear it.”

One month ago, Iran’s police chief announced the creation of a special “cyber police” division to counter “Internet crimes.” Fars News agency, which is linked to the Revolutionary Guard, quoted Chief Esmaili Ahmadi-Moqaddam saying his force should “increase its capabilities to counter such violations.”

The message from the “Iranian Cyber Army” to Twitter users continued: “U.S.A. Think They Controlling And Managing Internet By Our Power, So Do Not Try to Stimulation Iranian Peoples To… Now Which Country in Embargo List? Iran USA? We Put them in Embargo List. Take Care.”


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[Pavulon]

1. Yep. I am sure we have no internet capability

considering what darpa and others do. Hacking a webpage is not halal!... I am sure that will make the power holding koran thumpers lots of friends.

[MineralMan]

2. All your Twitter are belong to us.

Morons.

[lollybaby]

3. How sure are you that this incident had anything to do with the so-called Iranian government?

Where is the critical mind, DUers are noted for? What if, I am just saying... this is another of these preparatory stories to wipe up sentiments? What if some other parties did this? We say Republicans are warmongers but fail to recognize the parts we play in feeding the process. Making unfounded connections and running with them, is not exactly critical thinking, is it? I am just saying...

[Pavulon]

4. Does't fit the /b pattern.

If Iran's official website was redirected to a giant cock that would be pretty easy to figure out. Iran has a vested interest in disrupting internet traffic. Dissidents are using it to protest and organize. Who else benefits from their loss?

[sudopod]

5. Ebaums world? =D nt

[johnfunk]

6. They didn't hack Twitter's site -- they hacked the DNS

Pretty funny, in a twisted kinda way.

[Poll_Blind]

7. Oh, looks like the Iranian Cyber Army is the new PFLP. Get the sweets-footage handy! n/t

PB

[wordpix]

8. reads like responses to craigslist ads from Nigerian scam artists

:crazy:

[jasi2006]

9. Don't laugh.

When you find your bank accounts cleaned out and your credit cards maxed out you will know that the nuclear cyber attacks are the new battlefields.