Jerusalem Post hacked on Iran normal’s killing anniversary

Hackers on Monday focused the web site of an Israeli newspaper on the 2020 anniversary of the killing of a distinguished Iranian normal, changing its content material with a picture that threatened a web site related to Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program.

While no group instantly claimed accountability, the picture posted on the Jerusalem Post’s web site included a missile coming down from a fist bearing a hoop lengthy related to Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian normal killed by a US drone strike in Iraq two years in the past Monday.The picture included an exploding goal from a latest Iranian navy drill designed to appear to be the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center close to town of Dimona. The facility is already residence to decades-old underground laboratories that reprocess the reactor’s spent rods to acquire weapons-grade plutonium for Israel’s nuclear bomb program.Under its coverage of nuclear ambiguity, Israel neither confirms nor denies having atomic weapons.In a tweet, the Jerusalem Post acknowledged being the goal of hackers.“We are aware of the apparent hacking of our website, alongside a direct threat to Israel,” the English-language newspaper wrote. “We are working to resolve the issue & thank readers for your patience and understanding.”There was no rapid response from the Israeli authorities. The hack comes after Israel’s former navy intelligence chief in late December publicly acknowledged his nation was concerned in Soleimani’s killing.Iran as properly didn’t instantly acknowledge the hack early Monday. However, the nation in latest days has stepped up its commemorations of the slain Revolutionary Guard normal. Memorial providers have been scheduled to be held Monday marking his loss of life.As the pinnacle of the Quds, or Jerusalem, Force of the Revolutionary Guard, Soleimani led all of its expeditionary forces and regularly shuttled between Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Quds Force members have deployed into Syria’s lengthy warfare to help President Bashar Assad, in addition to into Iraq within the wake of the 2003 US invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, a longtime foe of Tehran.Soleimani rose to prominence by advising forces preventing the Islamic State group in Iraq and in Syria on behalf of the embattled Assad.US officers say the Guard underneath Soleimani taught Iraqi militants how one can manufacture and use particularly lethal roadside bombs in opposition to US troops after the invasion of Iraq. Iran has denied that. Soleimani himself stays widespread amongst many Iranians, who see him as a hero preventing Iran’s enemies overseas.ALSO READ: India deeply involved at violence in Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, evictions in Sheikh Jarrah & Silwan neighbourhoodsALSO READ: PM Modi’s Twitter account hacked, now restored; tweet on Bitcoin deleted