Don't know what to make of this vague report on Israel carrying out the "largest cyberattack in history" agaisnt Iran

[campuscodi@mastodon.social]

Don't know what to make of this vague report on Israel carrying out the "largest cyberattack in history" agaisnt Iran

Israel performs largest cyberattack in history against Iran | The Jerusalem Post

Critical infrastructure, official news sites, and security communications systems reportedly stopped functioning, leaving the leadership in a communications blackout at home and abroad.

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com (www.jpost.com)

[wowsuchcyber@toot.zof.sh]

@campuscodi maybe they used jumbo frames

[toyotabedzrock@mastodon.world]

@campuscodi If you have to brag about it before anyone tells the world about it then it wasn't very successful.

[bontchev@infosec.exchange]

@campuscodi Looks like bullshit, walks like bullshit, quacks like bullshit.

[bontchev@infosec.exchange]

@campuscodi OK, this part is real:

"hacks that reportedly displayed subversive messages against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei"

This was done via pre-hacked apps(something prayer-related) that was uploaded to the Google PlayStore:

Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli and US Strikes

As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender.

WIRED (www.wired.com)

[womble@infosec.exchange]

@campuscodi Zero Cool would like a word.