Payer-timing apps were hacked (Bruce Schneier suspects by US/Israel) to send messages saying "help has arrived" just as the bombing started
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Payer-timing apps were hacked (Bruce Schneier suspects by US/Israel) to send messages saying "help has arrived" just as the bombing started
Hard to imagine something more cruel, pointless, and evil than this
Hacked App Part of US/Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against Iran - Schneier on Security
Wired has the story: Shortly after the first set of explosions, Iranians received bursts of notifications on their phones. They came not from the government advising caution, but from an apparently hacked prayer-timing app called BadeSaba Calendar that has been downloaded more than 5 million times from the Google Play Store. The messages arrived in quick succession over a period of 30 minutes, starting with the phrase ‘Help has arrived’ at 9:52 am Tehran time, shortly after the first set of explosions. No party has claimed responsibility for the hacks...
Schneier on Security (www.schneier.com)
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