Pro-Iran hackers claim attack on Spotify as ‘revenge’ for Khamenei killing
A professional-Iran hacker group has claimed accountability for a DDoS cyberattack towards the Spotify music streaming platform on Tuesday, in keeping with a report from the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.
Users reported accessing points Spotify on Wednesday, in keeping with the report, which cited Downdetector.
Spotify’s help account referred individuals to a put up on the corporate’s web site: “We’ve received some reports mentioning that the app, support site, and the Web Player are slow or not working properly. This is being investigated.”
The hacker group, Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq-313 Team, which breached Spotify, wrote that “the hand of revenge will reach the killers of Imam Khamenei.” Writing on Telegram, it stated that it “carried out a massive cyber attack targeting Spotify’s main servers, causing a major disruption to the website and completely disabling the application,” in keeping with the McCrary Institute report.
Israelis obtain threatening WhatsApp messages, probably from Iranian hackers
Meanwhile, on Monday, Israelis all through the nation received threatening WhatsApp text messages. The messages had been despatched from enterprise accounts that appeared reputable, such as these for a cake store or different institutions. However, they had been really despatched by hackers who had taken management of present accounts or created pretend ones.
The National Cyber Directorate was briefed on the small print and is inspecting the supply of the messages, as the sample of exercise aligns with the Iranian hacker group Handala. It usually combines cyberattacks with psychological warfare, concentrating on residents to undermine their sense of non-public safety.
The message was written in English and included direct political and navy references. It learn, “Netanyahu, leader of the Epstein cult, is trying to maintain his position of authority by committing another act of reckless foolishness. This is a warning to you, the Jewish residents of the occupied territories: Prepare for a barrage of Sayyid Majid missiles if you do not put an end to this foolishness. You will soon be spending weeks in your shelters, so stock up now. Hack Handala.”
Hezbollah, Iranian hacktivists publish goal record of IDF Egoz veterans as ‘senior officers’
On Sunday, a goal record of some dozen IDF Egoz commando unit veterans and reservists was published by the Iranian regime-backed hacktivist group Handalawhich claimed that that they had uncovered the identities of 60 senior officers.
Handala wrote on his web site that the instructions would now turn out to be targets for the “resistance’s shadows.”
While the hacktivist group claimed that they had uncovered 60 senior Egoz officers, the 48 males they introduced seemed to be veterans and reservists.
Many had overtly marketed their previous affiliation with Egoz on social media. According to their LinkedIn profiles, they didn’t serve past their necessary service and now have established careers exterior of the navy.
The most senior particular person on the Handala record was a non-commissioned officer.
Dr. Itay Gal and Michael Starr contributed to this report.
