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Sweden blames Iran for cyber-attack after Quran burnings


Sweden's security service says 15,000 messages were sent after several Quran-burning incidents.

Sapo said the data breach in summer last year involved SMS messages calling for "revenge against Quran-burners", after several anti-Islam activists set fire to copies of the Islamic holy book. According to a preliminary investigation led by prosecutors, the Anzu group were said to have hacked into a Swedish company's SMS-service and taken over passwords, usernames and other tools at the end of July 2023, before sending a message to private individuals on 1 August that "those who insulted the Quran must be punished for their work". Fredrik Hallstrom of Sapo told the Dagens Nyheter website that a number of people involved in the operation were linked to the Revolutionary Guards and that the text messages had partially succeeded in adding further fuel to the threat against Sweden.

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