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“This is message from Islamic Republic of Iran”: Hackers take over “insignificant” US government website

Jan 5, 2020 11:00 am By Robert Spencer

“It has the feel of being pretty insignificant…they just hacked a website that most Washington insiders don’t know existed…Honestly, this is not very hard…this website had very weak security.”

“‘This Is the Beginning’: Hackers Claiming to Be from Iran Take Over U.S. Government Website,” by Paula Bolyard, PJ Media, January 5, 2020:

At around 8 p.m. Saturday, hackers breached and defaced the website of the U.S. Federal Depository Library (USFDL), posting a graphic image of President Trump being punched in the face and announcing, “This is a message from Islamic Republic of Iran.”

U.S. officials have not confirmed that the attack on the website of USFDL, a program created to make federal government publications available to the public at no cost, came from Iran, but the hackers claim to be avenging the death of Qasem Soleimani, the brutal Iranian terrorist who was killed in a U.S. airstrike at the Bahrain Airport in Iraq early Friday morning.

About an hour after the attack on the little-known USFDL website, the Iranian propaganda had been removed and the website was offline, displaying a Cloudflare error message. (Cloudflare is an internet security and DDoS mitigation provider that protects websites from malicious attacks.)

Visitors to the fldp.gov site Saturday night were greeted by a black screen displaying the flag of Iran and the words “in the name of god,” along with messages warning: “We will not stop supporting our friends in the region: the oppressed people of Palestine, the oppressed people of Yemen, the people and the Syrian government, the people and government of Iraq, the oppressed people of Bahrain, the true mujahideen resistance in Lebanon and Palestine [they] always will be supported by us.”

(Screenshot of the fdlp.gov website after hackers claiming to be from Iran attacked the site.)

Below that was an image or President Trump being punched in the jaw by a fist displaying Iran’s Revolutionary Guard insignia.

(Screenshot of an image of President Trump displayed on the fdlp.gov website after it was attacked by hackers alleging to be from Iran)

“Martyrdom was his (Shahid Soleymani) reward for years of implacable efforts. With his departure and with God’s power, his work and path will not cease and severe revenge awaits those criminals who have tainted their filthy hands with his blood and the blood of the other martyrs of last night’s incident,” the message read. “Hacked By Iran Cyber Security Group HackerS…  This is only small part of Iran’s cyber ability! We’re always ready… to be continues… We Are: Iranian Hackers… #Hard revenge… #ICG – #SpadSecurityGroup.”

The attack on the federal website came two hours after President Trump warned on Twitter that Iran “WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD” if they strike American assets or targets.

“Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters,” the president wrote on Twitter. “He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years.”

“Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself… The USA wants no more threats!”

A former senior U.S. government national security official told Fox News’ Leland Vittert, “It has the feel of being pretty insignificant…they just hacked a website that most Washington insiders don’t know existed…Honestly, this is not very hard…this website had very weak security.” The source told Vitter that the attack likely did not come from the Iranian government directly, rather from sympathizers or a proxy group….

There is more. Read the rest here.

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  1. RichardL says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 11:12 am

    I lived in a Mohammedan country and the ability of allahists to think that they are smart, tough, elegant, strong or beautiful when in reality they are pathetic still amazes me. Their next major blow to the Great Satan will probably to take down the North Huntingdon Senior Citizens for Trump website.

    • Westman says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 11:41 am

      It seems to be those who leave trash about their abode, leave rocks in the street, bathe infrequently, and take care of bathroom needs without toilet paper who most vociferously declare unbelievers to be “filthy”.

      • RichardL says

        Jan 6, 2020 at 7:38 am

        Right on, Westman: it took 2.5 years for me to see the first Mohammedan use soap in the company’s bathroom. Yet they refused to touch Christians because they were genuinely disgusted at our filthiness. My bewab and his family had never used soap in their entire lives.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 4:38 pm

      Hilarious, Richard and Westman!

  2. Martin says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 11:24 am

    video – ‘Death to America’ chanted by Iranian Parliament

    • Westman says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 11:58 am

      This looks like a good target. Is it on the list of 52? Hopefully, the terrorist-making Islamic “theology” schools of Qom are also on the list.

      • Infidel says

        Jan 5, 2020 at 1:00 pm

        This should be one of the 52. As well as headquarters of Basij, Quds Force, IRGC and so on

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 4:38 pm

      Target rich environment.

      • James Lincoln says

        Jan 5, 2020 at 5:20 pm

        BULLSEYE, gravenimage!

  3. Jim says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 11:29 am

    Honey pot…I’ve never heard of this web site…suckas..

  4. Philis O'Shaughnessy says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 11:32 am

    Repent the whole lot of You. Muhammadens hate mankind, even each other, they continually fight to be muhammed’s favorite but he is a bewitched pedophile and sex addict.

  5. mortimer says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 11:54 am

    Hacking champs? The Israelis hacked the Iranian nuke program and wrecked their machines.

    This is amusing. The Iranians are grasping at straws if they believe this makes them seem clever

    • Westman says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 12:16 pm

      It looks like the US will be swatting flies for a while.

      Iran – hated by Sunnis, 95% of the Muslim world; has 77 million people of which less than 10 Million could fight, the rest being old, too young, women, or required to keep the economy and infrastructure running. The US has 350 million people of which 150 million could fight if women are allowed to participate, and if not, could man the factories of war.

      Iran’s leaders, if actually attacking the US, should start making arrangements for exile before they join Mussollini at the hands of Iranians.

      • Infidel says

        Jan 5, 2020 at 1:06 pm

        No need to compare populations: a combination of drones, smart bombs, MOABs and other remote-controlled equipment could take out all their targets.

        Like for instance, Soleimani usually traveled in a large aircraft, which had plenty of civilians in it, so that had the US brought that down, Iran could have used it in a propaganda coup. So POTUS had a small window of opportunity during which to pull this operation off, and when it was presented to him, he said yes. The commander he was talking to immediately said, “Done”. In other words, POTUS monitored this operation real-time.

        It wouldn’t take much for the US to launch a simultaneous night attack on all their 52 targets, if either Iran or any of its proxies did anything. By painting a target on Iran, Teheran now has an added incentive to keep even their proxies from doing anything

    • spamtrap55 says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 1:50 pm

      Wait a minute. Israelis hacked Iranian nuke program and wrecked their machines?
      Didn’t O’Dumbo let it slip that the US had produced and distributed the Stuxnet Virus that destroyed the Iranian Centrifuges?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 4:39 pm

      +1

    • keith says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 5:00 pm

      Not wrong. This reminded me of a comedy skit from south park or the Simpsons.

  6. Infidel says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 1:13 pm

    That’s one of the few things Iran can do – a cyberattack. We need to harden our real-time systems, like our grids. Beyond that, cybersecurity should be reinforced in all places likely to be the recipient of an Iran attack. Also, we should launch counter-cyber attacks of our own against all Iranian government networks

  7. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    Pretty lame.

    • CogitoErgoSum says

      Jan 5, 2020 at 1:51 pm

      I just wish the Satan worshipers would always use the word “Allah” instead of “God.”

      • Liz says

        Jan 6, 2020 at 11:58 am

        +1

  8. gravenimage says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 4:40 pm

    “This is message from Islamic Republic of Iran”: Hackers take over “insignificant” US government website
    ……………………..

    This is like something a bored fourteen-year-old member of the AV Club would do…

  9. Gerald Mucci says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    This hack event will influence the 5% who are both gullible and fearful. Trouble is, 5% here, 6% there, 7% somewhere else plus the dems and media and we have quite an insurgency on our hands.

  10. Battle says

    Jan 6, 2020 at 5:25 am

    Give me a C C Give me an R R Give me a U U Give me an I I Give me an S S Give me an E E Give me an M M Give me an I I Give me an S S Give me an S S Give me an I I Give me an L L Give me an E E

    What does it spell? Cruise missile
    What does it spell? Cruise missile
    What does it spell? Cruise missile

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