Source: TEHRAN (FNA)-
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday announced that its cyber teams have hacked 29 websites affiliated with the US espionage network.According to a statement released by the Persian-language website, Gerdab, affiliated to the IRGC’s Center for Combating Organized Crimes, the hacked websites acted against Iran’s national security under the cover of human rights activities.
The IRGC has recently set up the new center to detect and combat organized crimes on the internet.
The newly-established center is tasked with monitoring the internet to detect and campaign against organized crimes, espionage, economic and social corruption, money laundering and cultural inroad.
The announcement came after Iran said yesterday that it has arrested 30 individuals on charges of waging a US-backed cyber war against the country.
A statement issued by Tehran’s Public and Revolutionary Court on Saturday said that following a series of complicated security operations in area of information and communication technology, the country’s security forces have identified the most important US-backed organized networks of cyber war launched by the anti-revolutionary groups and arrested 30 suspects.