The hackers are asking Tehran to release all political prisoners, otherwise they will reveal the documents they have collected. A group calling itself “Black Reward” issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Iranian authorities on Friday, urging them to release all “political prisoners, prisoners of conscience and people arrested during recent protests” for lack of what, he would release material related to the country’s nuclear program.
When the ultimatum expired, documents were released on social media on Saturday, presumably by the group, including a short video showing a nuclear site, as well as maps and payslips.
“No value”
The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (OIEA) finally indicated on Sunday that an e-mail server of one of its subsidiaries had been hacked by “a source from a foreign country”.
“Unauthorized access to this company’s email system by a source from a specific foreign country has led to the content of certain messages being published on social media,” she said, without naming the country. .
These messages contain “technical messages and normal exchanges”, it is added. “The purpose of such illegal acts (…) is to attract the attention of public opinion (…) by carrying out psychological operations that have no value”, continues the IAEO.
Iran has been shaken by a protest movement since the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd arrested three days earlier in Tehran by the morality police, who accused her of having violates the strict dress code of the Islamic Republic.
Dozens of people, mainly demonstrators, but also members of the security forces, were killed during these demonstrations. Hundreds more, including women, have been arrested.