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Iran MOIS’ Futile and Disgraceful Ploys Targeting Iran Resistance

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Iran MOIS’ Futile and Disgraceful Ploys Targeting Iran Resistance Published on  14 August 2019 . Crazed acts of Iran’s cyberwar machine to counter Resistance’s international campaign The Iranian regime seems to have lost its bearings after large opposition rallies in numerous world capitals and the five-day gathering in Ashraf 3 attended by over 350 political dignitaries from 47 countries, in addition to an increasing stream of activities by resistance units inside the country. The events have dealt a lethal blow to the regime in the midst of a comprehensive oil embargo and international sanctions against the regime’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and its foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. On August 4, 2019, Ali Rabie, the regime’s government spokesman and a founding member of the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), complained that the White House’s discourse against the regime has become similar to that of the People’s Mojahedin Organ...

Iranian Regime Hackers Suspected of Cyber Intrusions in Bahrain

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Iranian Regime Hackers Suspected of Cyber Intrusions in Bahrain Written by  Shahriar Kia  on  08 August 2019 . Suspected Iranian hackers infiltrated critical infrastructure and government computers in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain within the last month, raising fears among leaders in the region that Tehran is stepping up its cyberattacks amid growing tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The intrusions, according to people familiar with them, rose above the normal level of the Iranian regime's cyber activity in the region. On Monday, hackers broke into the systems of Bahrain’s National Security Agency—the country’s main criminal investigative authority—as well as the Ministry of Interior and the first deputy prime minister’s office, according to one of the people familiar with the matter. On July 25, Bahrain authorities identified intrusions into its Electricity and Water Authority. The hackers shut down several systems in what the au...