A group of Israeli hackers calling themselves “We Red Evils Original” (usually written as “WeRedEvils”) claimed responsibility for causing a widespread Wi-Fi outage in Iran on Thursday.
“We will attack Iran’s internet systems and providers within minutes. A serious blow is imminent,” the group said. Said The post was made on messaging app Telegram on Thursday.
Shortly after that message was posted, Jerusalem Post Iranian social media users have been found complaining about internet connections being down in various parts of the country, including the capital, Tehran.
“We successfully penetrated Iranian communications systems and collected a large amount of intelligence which we passed on to Israeli security forces,” the hackers said in a follow-up post on Telegram.
“We know that there are Iranians here who support the Revolutionary Guard and we want to reach out to them personally. Stop raising the red flag and start raising the white flag,” they said.
Forbes on friday It pointed out Iran’s public networks are unstable at the best of times, making it difficult to determine how widespread the Wi-Fi outage was and whether it was actually caused by hackers.
of Jerusalem Post WeRedEvils noted that it has been “unofficially operating since the beginning of the Hamas war.” There is evidence to believe it is genuine, most notably Attack successful It will be introduced into Tehran’s power grid in October 2023.
The incident caused a power outage in Tehran for around two hours. WeRedEvils claimed to have hacked “several sensitive Iranian systems,” including “the power grid in Tehran and surrounding villages.”
After the brief outage, the group said in a Telegram post:
We cut off their power, leaving tens of thousands of people without communication or electricity for two hours until this very moment. This is our message to Iran: Don’t play with fire. The next attack will be harder and more damaging. And it will be different from the cyber attacks you know.
WeRedEvils also claims to have destroyed Hamas websites, disrupted a Telegram channel that triumphantly posted photos of Hamas atrocities committed against Israeli civilians on October 7, and stolen “critical and sensitive software” related to Iranian oil rigs and nuclear reactors.
In early November, WeRedEvils claimed to have shut down the internet in Yemen in retaliation for Iranian-backed Houthi militias attacking a merchant ship in the Red Sea.
