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Anti-Iran television network targeted by cyberattack
The group said that Iran International's Telegram account has been “completely hacked and taken over."
However, the US-based TV network said in a statement the attacks were carried out by a group known as Banished Kitten (also referred to as Storm-0842 and Dune).
It said that the materials published by the hacking group were taken from the Telegram accounts of its employees in two separate cyberattacks in in the summer of 2024 and January 2025.
According to a report by IRIB News Agency, all systems, servers, and communication infrastructure of Iran International have been disabled and its internal data has been extracted following the cyberattack.
“Confidential correspondence, employees' personal information, financial records, and communications with foreign entities" have been "fully hacked," the report said.
Hanzala also leaked personal audio files and images of one of the Iran International journalists, accusing him of "working with" Israel's Mossad spy agency.
The hacking group said that it has also acquired information of over 71,000 individuals who had previously sent content or information to Iran International.