Hackers zap official Iraqi websites with cyberattacks
Electronic hacking operations against Iraqi institutional websites have sabotaged the prime minister’s page and those of various governmental, ministerial and security agencies.
Hack attacks are growing at the speed of 5G across the globe, and Iraq has been hard-hit lately.
The official website of controversial Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was hacked Jan. 6 after he called for his followers to activate the Mahdi Army to fight US troops. His call followed the US assassination of top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The hackers put Iraqi-US flags on the homepage, writing: "Iran no more."
That intrusion came just weeks after several other attacks on official Iraqi websites — including the prime minister's.
A hacker hit the sites of various Iraqi government committees Dec. 18. Using a Twitter account under the name M4x Pr0, the hacker claimed to have retrieved 15 gigabytes of emails from the Ministry of Oil, 8GB from the Ministry of Defense and 17GB from the Ministry of Interior. The hacker also infiltrated the sites of the ministries of health, education and trade.
