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Pro-Israel hacktivist group claims responsibility for alleged Iranian bank hack


The apparent cyberattack comes as Israel and Iran engage in a days-long escalating military conflict.

“We, ‘Gonjeshke Darande,’ conducted cyberattacks which destroyed the data of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ ‘Bank Sepah,’” the group wrote. Iran International said several Bank Sepah branches were closed on Tuesday, and customers told the publication that they were unable to access their accounts. According to Rob Joyce, who previously worked at the NSA and in the Biden administration, “Predatory Sparrow’s past cyber attacks on Iranian steel plants and gas stations have demonstrated tangible effects in Iran.”

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