Hackers took over the official Twitter account of Iran’s state Television ‘Al-Alam’ on Sunday, leaving material supportive of the Saudi-led air war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.
Al-Alam has blamed Saudi government for targeting the channel due to its critical coverage of Yemen war.
After taking over Al-Alam’s twitter account (@alalam_news), hackers started posting false reports about the death of Abdulmalik al-Huthi, the leader of the Shiite rebels in Yemen.
The below-mentioned tweet has been taken from official twitter handle of the hackers.
https://twitter.com/Cyber__Emotion/status/587086348726755328
“This hack I would give it as a gift for our pilots. Think more if you are going to talk about Saudi Arabia”, according to the tweet by hackers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSTWB9vWU5k&hc_location=ufi
In response to the hacking, the TV channel said on its website that this is a “psychological warfare” from Saudi Arabia.
“Al-Alam Twitter account and its YouTube network were hacked today, Sunday, by Saudi Arabia and were temporarily out of service. Al-Alam’s professional activities regarding Saudi Arabia’s aggression on Yemen in recent weeks have caused the Saudis to be greatly furious with this network,” according to Al-Alam’s website.
Hackers also took over the channel’s YouTube account and uploaded several Pro-Saudi messages, praising king Salman of Saudi Arabia.
At the time of publishing this article, both YouTube and Twitter accounts were hacked and posting anti-Iranian material.