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Iranian hackers attack Tehran propaganda

by on18 June 2009

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Hackers miffed
at the fact that the Iranian government didn't bother to count their votes have started attacking the country's pro-government websites.

A small set of official sites were first targeted but now news outlets like Raja News are being attacked, too. Tools are available online which are being used by opposition supporters, both inside Iran and Outside, to launch DoS attacks to Iranian government sites, and temporarily shut the service down.

However some Iranians are not too comfortable with the move because they are worried about eating up the country's bandwidth which is being used to organise the green revolution. Foreign hackers have been helping Iranians set up proxies to by pass government firewall restrictions.

There is some evidence that the Iranian security forces are now setting up twitter accounts to spread disinformation by posing as Iranian protesters. They are also hunting for people who are using Twitter. Many foreigners are changing their location and time zone to Iran so that it makes it harder to find real local Twitters.
Last modified on 18 June 2009
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