Iran Blamed For Major Cyberattack On BBC

Qedward writes "Iran is privately being blamed for a major cyberattack on the BBC that blocked access to its popular Persian TV service and disrupted the Corporation's IT using a denial-of-service attack. The multi-pronged March 2 attack took down much of the BBC's email, overloaded its telephone switchboard with automatic phone calls, and blocked a satellite feed for the BBC Persian station. BBC servers were also on the receiving end of a DDoS. In an unprecedented tactic, the BBC has trailed a speech to be given this week to the Royal Television Society in which Director General Mark Thompson will mention the attacks in some detail while stopping short of formally naming Iran as the perpetrator."

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What evidence is there?

[Anonymous Coward]

Too easy to blame some country or entity for attacks these days. What proof do they have that it was Iran? It might have been someone else in the Arab region who wants to see Iran and Israel go at it because they benefit from higher oil prices due to a regional conflict, or that someone else is doing the dirty work for them.

PressTV Claims Jamming in Europe

[quantic_oscillation7]

Iranian State Media PressTV Claims Jamming in Europe and Online http://cryptogon.com/?p=27668 if that's true, that it was Iran, well they were just replying the cortesy....

OH NOES! IRAN THREATENS US AND UK!!!!

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/US-bases-Iran11.jpg

Re:FOR AMERICA WAR IS PEACE MORE THAN ANY OTHER VA

[phantomfive]

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