Iranian state TV live broadcast hacked to air protest footage
Iranian state television was hacked during a live broadcast and protest footage was aired. Israel was named as being behind the attack, but it is unclear whether the actual perpetrator was confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Iranian state broadcaster
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Protest footage aired during a live broadcast
- Cause / method
- Broadcast hacking
- Location
- Iran
Timeline
- Iranian state TV was hacked to air protest footage, and Israel was named as being behind the attack.
- Further reports emerged of Iranian state TV being hacked mid-broadcast.
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