• Hours after the US airstrike on Iranian territory, Iranian-backed hackers took down US President Donald Trump’s social media platform.
  • Users were struggling to access Truth Social in the early morning following the alleged hack.
  • As the US continues to insert itself into the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, the US government believes more cyberattacks could happen.
  • theherk@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Disabling network security and edge devices to change the properties of ingress can absolutely be a component of an attack plan.

    Just like overwhelming a postal sorting center could prevent a parcel containing updated documentation from reaching the receiver needing that information.