Twitter targetted by pro-Iranian hackers
18 Dec 2009Social networking website Twitter, along with the pro-opposition website mowjcamp.org, has been targeted by a group of pro-government hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army accordning. Both websites, which became focal points for the mobilisation of anti-government protests, were reportedly replaced with a message stating that “this site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army”, followed by an anti-American statement mocking perceived attempts by the US to “control” Iran’s internet. Read more here
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