The long-lasting opposition of the two major political forces in Iran - president and ministers on the one side and Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution on the other.
This time the tensions between the parties moved to the cyberspace.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, who have long waged cyber attacks against the country’s activists and journalists, have extended their hacking attacks to Rouhani administration officials, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned, including close associates of President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members. To date, the Rouhani administration has not publicly criticized the Guards’ cyber attacks.
In the latest attack, Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, Rouhani’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, announced on Twitter and Telegram on April 20, 2016 that her Gmail and Facebook accounts had been hacked, and she asked her followers not to respond to any messages from the compromised accounts.
Although the cyber attacks are claimed to be initiated by the Revolutionary Guards this whole operation can be set up by somebody else. Aggression in the cyber terrain is often used nowadays as means of political influence and in this case it can serve two causes: undermining the official executive power - presidential cabinet, escalating of political crisis in the Islamic republic.
This time the tensions between the parties moved to the cyberspace.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, who have long waged cyber attacks against the country’s activists and journalists, have extended their hacking attacks to Rouhani administration officials, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned, including close associates of President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members. To date, the Rouhani administration has not publicly criticized the Guards’ cyber attacks.
In the latest attack, Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, Rouhani’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, announced on Twitter and Telegram on April 20, 2016 that her Gmail and Facebook accounts had been hacked, and she asked her followers not to respond to any messages from the compromised accounts.
Although the cyber attacks are claimed to be initiated by the Revolutionary Guards this whole operation can be set up by somebody else. Aggression in the cyber terrain is often used nowadays as means of political influence and in this case it can serve two causes: undermining the official executive power - presidential cabinet, escalating of political crisis in the Islamic republic.
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