Anonymous hacked Irans Ministry of Foreign Affair: Iran Top Secret Security Broken
Anonymous launched Operation Iran several months ago. Today, 10,365 top secret emails from the autocratic regime were made public after Anonymous hacked Irans Ministry of Foreign Affairs some time around May 30th.
First question that must be asked: What is going on here? It almost seems as if Anonymous just pulled a freelance job for the U.S. government. However, its more likely that despite Anonymous clear objective to cause damage to the Iranian regime, making top secret Iranian emails public has the secondary effect of making U.S. intelligence services look bad (even if the intel isnt ultimately of the best quality).
Right now, the latter scenario seems to be the case. However, from Irans perspective it will certainly seem as if Anonymous were a CIA front. This, after all, is a country with a leader who buys into the peculiar realm of conspiracy theory known as Holocaust denialism.
What is the substance of the 10,365 top secret emails Anonymous stole from Irans Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Visa applications for an oil meeting, with many of them coming from China. This, of course, opens up an entirely new dimension to the cyber attack. China, as with any country, doesnt like its secrets revealed to foreigners, but we also know China is quite aggressive when it comes to hiding information from its own people. This certainly wont help their standing in the world, even though its known that China is Irans single biggest trading partner and investor in Irans oil and gas industry.
Iran, of course, has been trying to cover up the hack over the last few days and it seems that Anonymous will be continuing their efforts against the regime. Its part of a larger effort aimed at shutting down government websites in autocratic regimes in North Africa and the Middle East.
Regardless of ones personal opinion of Anonymous, the hacker collective did strike at one of the worst offenders of free speech and free information in the world.
SOURCE: deathandtaxesmag.com
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