Hackers hit Iranian apps, websites after US-Israeli strikes

Published March 1, 2026 Updated March 1, 2026 09:46pm

A wave of cyber-enabled operations took place early Saturday morning alongside the joint US-Israeli attack on targets across Iran, according to cybersecurity experts and observers, Reuters reports.

The operations included the hacking of multiple news websites to display various messages and the hack of BadeSaba, a religious calendar app with more than 5 million downloads, which displayed messages telling users: Its time for reckoning and urging armed forces to give up weapons and join the people.

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