Group threatens ayatollah in hack of Iranian Overseas Ministry, then leaks trove of delicate knowledge

Iranian forces seize one other oil tanker

Iranian forces seized a second oil tanker in lower than every week, this time within the Strait of Hormuz. The Niovi was en path to the United Arab Emirates Fujairah port. (U.S. Navy)

An Iranian “Hacktivist” group gained entry to Iran’s Overseas Ministry servers and leaked a trove of information earlier than defacing the ministry’s web site.

The group, referred to as GhyamSarnegouni, translated as “Rise to Overthrow,” introduced on its web site Sunday it was answerable for taking down web sites belonging to Iran’s Overseas Ministry. The group additionally leaked a trove of information, together with identification paperwork, ministry correspondence, cellphone numbers, and the names of over 11,000 of the ministry’s staff, in keeping with a report from Iran Worldwide.

The official Iranian Overseas Ministry web site remained down as of late Sunday morning, displaying a message that stated it was “present process scheduled upkeep and upgrades.”

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Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamanei (Iranian Leaders Press Workplace – Handout/Anadolu Company/Getty Photos)

Earlier Sunday, variations of the Iranian Overseas Ministry web site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Munich, Germany, and Seoul, South Korea, had been hacked with a message focusing on Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

“Dying to Khamenei, Hail Rajavi,” learn the message.

Rajavi possible refers back to the lacking chief of the Iranian exile group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq or his spouse Maryam, who has turn into the general public face of the group, in keeping with The Related Press.

“There’s a nice revolution in Iran, the rebellion will go till the demolition of the palace of oppression,” the message continued.

A fireplace burns throughout a protest on the streets of Iran. (Credit score: NCRI)

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Hacking teams have more and more focused the web sites and providers of official authorities companies since anti-regime protests started sweeping the nation final yr, together with a hack of over 5,000 authorities safety cameras and 150 web sites belonging to the native authorities in Tehran. Hackers had been additionally in a position to breach Iran’s atomic power company in October of final yr.

Paperwork obtained within the newest hack revealed correspondence between Iran and European officers over a proposed prisoner swap of Iranian diplomat Asadollah Assadi, who’s being held in Belgium, for Belgian help employee Olivier Vandecasteele, in keeping with Iran Worldwide.

Assadi is serving a 20-year sentence in Belgium for his position in plotting a bombing assault in opposition to an Iranian resistance group assembly close to Paris in 2018. Vandecasteele was arrested by Iranian safety forces in 2022 and faces allegations of “spying and cooperation with america, cash laundering and smuggling $500,000 out of Iran.”