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AARiain t1_ja05jg8 wrote
Which is funny to think because they refused to pay the damages the ICJ ruled they owe the UK for blowing up two of the Royal Navy's destroyers after WW2.
AnthillOmbudsman t1_ja0iy42 wrote
It's an incredible change. They used to be one of the most seclusive communist countries. Very much like North Korea -- they were even aligned with China, which made them even more secluded with respect to the rest of Eastern Europe.
TheSecondAccountYeah t1_ja2gxlb wrote
The bunkers are crazy
Boofaholic_Supreme t1_ja2rmgr wrote
ifartfreedom t1_ja0ei6k wrote
Iran wants to play cyber games huh?
Everybody gangsta until the air-gapped computers that control the nuclear centrifuge begin playing Thunderstruck.
xenoghost1 t1_ja1gto4 wrote
the fact they talk big game with such apparent weak spots is hilarious.
at this point, Israel should justify our aid by permanently crippling the entire IT department of the Islamic Republic.
Lost-Matter-5846 t1_ja07q5f wrote
I say get NATOS best hackers and completely destroy any and all Iranian military related databases, I'm talking about transferring all the info to NATO, wiping all of Irans databases and deny it
AnthillOmbudsman t1_ja0j5oa wrote
NATO:
*frenetic typing, takes wild guess at the password, it's 'ayatollah1'*
"OK, I'm in."
IceBearCares t1_ja0fbnx wrote
If it were that easy, it'd be done already
bumboclawt t1_ja14fjb wrote
Who says it hasn’t happened already?
Fulltimeredditdummy t1_ja14x53 wrote
That did happen. And then Iran got all their best hackers and stole all the data from NATO and transfered it to themselves. Then NATO got all their best hackers and...
World of tech is weird, man
autotldr t1_j9zxrgg wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 55%. (I'm a bot)
> Continue reading the main story Former members describe M.E.K., which in 2016 moved many of its followers to Albania from its previous base in Iraq, as a sinister cult.
> "Welcome to hellYou serpents! You brood of vipers! How are you to escape being sentenced to hell?" said a message posted on the hackers' Telegram channel in December after Albania declined to close the M.E.K. camp.
> The United States has dispatched experts from the F.B.I. and other agencies, though Mr. Rama said, "Of course we would like to see the U.S. government do more, to help more and be more present in helping us to build the best possible cyberdefenses." Israel, which has extensive experience dealing with Iranian threats, is also helping.
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DoremusJessup OP t1_j9zvu3f wrote
Access_Pretty t1_ja1oge3 wrote
We should send Liam Neeson.
MitsyEyedMourning t1_j9zznxe wrote
> The reason for the attacks, which began with a stealthy penetration of government servers in 2021, but started causing visible disruption only last year, appears to be Albania’s sheltering of Mujahedeen Khalq, known as M.E.K., a secretive Iranian dissident group, on its soil. > > Also playing a role are the polarized politics of Washington, where prominent Republican hawks on Iran have been strong backers of M.E.K.
But, of course. Republicans on the aggressor's side when a NATO ally is under attack. It's like a child's paint by numbers kit but dipshit behavior.
GG14916 t1_ja04ejg wrote
M.E.K. isn't the aggressor, the Iranian government is. Despite their name the M.E.K. isn't jihadist and leans more left-wing although their ideology is vague to say the least.
They are in Albania at the invitation of their government IIRC.
hosseinsparda t1_ja1q717 wrote
Try telling that to any Iranian, be it pro or anti regime!
GG14916 t1_ja2v4vw wrote
I'm gonna be honest, I don't know a lot about them. I know they were considered a terrorist organisation for many years but I was under the impression they have renounced violence?
GiantAxon t1_ja2zzil wrote
Reading comprehension wasn't your strongest subject in school, was it?
impervious_to_funk t1_ja01763 wrote
TIL Albania is in NATO