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Anonymous Steals 10,000 Iranian Government Emails

Posted by Soulskill on from the must-be-bored-of-sony dept.

Several readers have sent word that Anonymous has hacked servers belonging to Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, making off with over 10,000 emails. "The Ministry’s website is still down as of this writing, and the servers are under Anonymous control. ... The email archive includes approvals and rejections for a variety of visas and passports, among other requests and correspondence. 'It’s near the election’s anniversary. We had to do something,' said one of the Iranian members of Anonymous from #OpIran. He said they take down Iranian government servers on a regular basis for operation days, but that obviously retrieving information required a different approach to the group’s signature DDoS attack. He also indicated an as-yet unannounced attack. 'For the election’s anniversary, we have a complete DDoS attack day' planned, he said.

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  1. Re:first by toastar · · Score: 5, Funny

    10,000 emails? What is that after you filter out the spam, like 50?

  2. And now the bad news by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately, what they had managed to acquire was just the last year's worth of lunch menus of all Iranian embassies.

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    1. Re:And now the bad news by mangu · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unfortunately, what they had managed to acquire was just the last year's worth of lunch menus of all Iranian embassies.

      Even that could be a good propaganda weapon against the regime. Imagine if the menu included bacon and champagne.

  3. And what does... by itchythebear · · Score: 2, Funny

    And what does the postmaster say about the amount of emails stolen?
    "It's over NINE THOUSAAAAAAND!"
    "WHAT?! NINE THOUSAND?"

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  4. Re:Ironically Enough by itchythebear · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can also confirm this is happening to me. This is terrible, I've gotten so much work done :(

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  5. Photoshop anybody? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that a variant of the trollface, with a turban, "the Ayahtrollah", would be a suitable mascot for such activities.