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Tehran Water Company Hacked, Defaced by yourikan

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Lee J

water2 Today we got contacted by a hacker using the handle youkin who alerted us to an attack that was on thew Tehran water company website. The site https://www.tw.org.ir was first attacked on its main news page and then a 2nd attack was carried out on its main news page which has since been removed and now returning a 404 status. The website also appears to be run by the Iranian government under the ministry of energy the hacker youkin has left the below short message with reasoning behind this attack.

say no to nuclear iran say no to terror stop the killing in bulgaria burgas and other places in the world!

The 2nd attack was also carried out on the same site and server this time it was live and still is live as below. tehran-water

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