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Twitter temporarily taken down by 'Iranian Cyber Army'

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 20 Dec 2009 2:17 User comments (11)

Twitter temporarily taken down by 'Iranian Cyber Army'

A group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army temporarily took down the microblogging service Twitter yesterday, re-routing users from the site to their own page.
That page had a picture of a green flag followed by the words: "This site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army."

It is still unclear whether the group has any actual ties to Iran, and how serious the breach was.

Twitter admitted that "its Domain Name Systems' records were temporarily compromised but have now been fixed. The site says it will update with more details once we've investigated more fully."

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11 user comments

120.12.2009 14:58

Well Done!!!

220.12.2009 15:21

Good job, that site has been nothing but annoying.

320.12.2009 17:11

Wait yesterday ? Again ? I just read about this like three days ago that it happened "yesterday" so four days ago. Did it happen again or is the date on this article just wrong ?

421.12.2009 05:25
av_verbal
Inactive

Quote:
Iranian Cyber Army
is that what the USA's black ops go by as they detribalise countries now is it?

Keep up the rhetoric guys, whats the next line "They can deploy WMD's in 45 minuets", haven't i heard this bull before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTGf4X_Qjew

& there is Obama hiding the fact that Israel has nuclear weapons.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009...ecade-old-secr/

Quote:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret

President Obama has reaffirmed a 4-decade-old secret understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, three officials familiar with the understanding said.

The officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were discussing private conversations, said Mr. Obama pledged to maintain the agreement when he first hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in May.

Under the understanding, the U.S. has not pressured Israel to disclose its nuclear weapons or to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which could require Israel to give up its estimated several hundred nuclear bombs.
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521.12.2009 09:20

Quote:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009...ecade-old-secr/

EXCLUSIVE: Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret

Didn't think this was a secret, lol.

621.12.2009 17:42
RusSnajp
Inactive

It's all a scam , that's the dirty work again forcing world to "accept" invasion of iran , as always it has been in human history , battles , wars , it's all deja vu again ... they are best known for using strategies like stealth , wealth(manipulation/exploit of monetary system), politics corruption , mass media propaganda , and faking(using their assets to fuel the opposite made-up faction , examples are , terrorists , terror groups , organized crimes , ... they , the elite of the 1st world do this mess , they send missionaries , they make traps so people fall for it so easily , .... wonder why the heck is iranian and army , like it's an official. Nobody would write in like THAT obvious manner of it's intention , the hack intention was clearly to show "WHO" (false) hacked , most of hackers write their nick or something , but this is just suspicious , no official thing would go an write it self name on , apparently it is official , they made it for purpose, to make you think that Iran is now a serious threat ALSO on the net , it's all BS, like it was with WMDs and Iraq being a "threat" , and bla bla bla. Don't buy this crap , just get the hell out of EU an USA , maybe you'll understand what am I talking about if you would be still there some years ahead. I am in EU and I don't like this crap.

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721.12.2009 22:22
evnflow
Inactive

and let the conspiracy theories begin..haha..it's just someone hacking their site..not a global takedown or anything like that..sheesh..some people get wound up too tight..haha

822.12.2009 00:06

I agree. Boo-F***-Hoo. I don't see the point of Twitter.

Now if the ICA hacked TPB, Demonoid or AfterDawn, THEN it would be WWIII.

922.12.2009 00:16
scum101
Inactive

excellent.. more power to them Iranian hackers I say.. twatter, mymug and arsebook.. all pointless, unless you want to see underage tits that is.

1022.12.2009 04:53

The situation in Iran is dire right now. But screw em...we have our own massive governmental problems to deal with. Let them have their revolution on their own; if we help we just become the new enemy while the old tyrants are seen as the just party.

1122.12.2009 21:08

hahaahahaha
Go the Persians.
I have to post this for my friends to read :)
lol

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