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Government website 'defaced' with pro-Iran messaging, hackers claimed responsibility
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/06/american-government-website-defaced-iran-hackers-bloodied-trump/Jan. 6, 2020 at 6:36 a.m. EST
Blood runs in rivulets down President Trump’s chin as a fist punches his left cheek. Two golden missiles, each emblazoned with the Iranian flag, shoot across the bottom of the illustration.
“This is message from Islamic Republic Of Iran,” reads text in English.
The image of a bloodied Trump accompanied by pro-Iranian statements popped up in an unusual place over the weekend: the homepage of a U.S. government website.
On Saturday, the website for a program that provides free public access to federal government information was reportedly hacked by a group claiming allegiance to Iran. The page for the Federal Depository Library Program was replaced with a graphic titled, “Iranian Hackers!” that included photos of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the country’s flag. The actors behind the apparent attack, which resulted in the website being taken offline for hours, identified themselves as “Iran Cyber Security Group Hackers” and warned that their work was “only a small part of Iran’s cyber ability.”
Blood runs in rivulets down President Trump’s chin as a fist punches his left cheek. Two golden missiles, each emblazoned with the Iranian flag, shoot across the bottom of the illustration.
“This is message from Islamic Republic Of Iran,” reads text in English.
The image of a bloodied Trump accompanied by pro-Iranian statements popped up in an unusual place over the weekend: the homepage of a U.S. government website.
On Saturday, the website for a program that provides free public access to federal government information was reportedly hacked by a group claiming allegiance to Iran. The page for the Federal Depository Library Program was replaced with a graphic titled, “Iranian Hackers!” that included photos of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the country’s flag. The actors behind the apparent attack, which resulted in the website being taken offline for hours, identified themselves as “Iran Cyber Security Group Hackers” and warned that their work was “only a small part of Iran’s cyber ability.”
