US DOJ Strikes Iranian Cyber Propaganda Network with Four Domain Seizures

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The Justice Department announced the seizure of four domains tied to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security used to wage cyber-enabled psychological operations, doxxing dissidents, and threaten journalists and Israeli targets; the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland are prosecuting, with the operation linking domains by shared leak sites and a common playbook for destructive hacks and faketivist campaigns, part of broader efforts to disrupt Iran’s cyberwarfare infrastructure.
- Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Disrupts Iranian Cyber Enabled Psychological Operations Department of Justice (.gov)
- Justice Department seizes several websites it says spread terrorist propaganda CNN
- Justice Department seizes domains linked to Iran hacker group NBC News
- DOJ says it shut down websites that spread Iranian propaganda, threatened dissidents and took credit for hacks CBS News
- US authorities seize domains of Iranian hackers who stole info from former PM Bennett The Times of Israel
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