Hackers target Iran state TV’s satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” footage showed online early Monday, the latest disruption to follow. nationwide protests in the country. The hacking comes as the…

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Iran faces internet blackout as demonstrators respond to exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s protest call

Internet access and telephone lines in Iran were disrupted on Thursday night (January 8) after demonstrators joined a protest called by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Internet monitoring firm Cloudflare and advocacy group NetBlocks reported sharply reduced internet traffic, attributing the outage to government intervention. Calls from Dubai to Iran, both landlines and mobile, were…

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