Iran TV – Channel 3 Hacked

The broadcasts on Channel 3 of Iran’s state radio and television organization (IRIB) are reported to have been attacked by hackers.

Instead of the regular transmission, messages are being broadcast to the Iranian people from Netanyahu and Trump.

Iran’s state-owned TV broadcaster was hacked Wednesday night to interrupt regular programming and air videos calling for street protests against the Iranian government, according to multiple reports.

It’s currently not known who is behind the attack, although Iran pointed fingers at Israel, per Iran International.

“If you experience disruptions or irrelevant messages while watching various TV channels, it is due to enemy interference with satellite signals,” the broadcaster was quoted as saying.

The breach of state television is the latest in a string of cyber attacks inside Iran that have been attributed to Israel-linked actors. It also coincides with the hack of Bank Sepah and Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

The Nobitex breach led to the theft of more than $90 million, a brazen escalation in the cyber war that has simmered between Israel and Iran for more than a decade.

“Iranian entities have experimented with virtual assets as both a financial workaround and as a strategic asset to support broader geopolitical ambitions — including the proliferation of advanced weapons technology,” TRM Labs said. “This latest incident highlights how crypto exchanges, once peripheral to conflict, are increasingly becoming strategic targets for geopolitical actors.”

The latest development also follows the revelation from Israeli officials that Iran is hijacking private security cameras installed in Israel to gather real-time intelligence, mirroring a similar tactic used by Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

“We know that in the past two or three days, the Iranians have been trying to connect to cameras to understand what happened and where their missiles hit to improve their precision,” Refael Franco, the former deputy director general of the Israel National Cyber Directorate, said.

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