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Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by weinzierl » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:26 PM UTC

ToothlessJake wrote: post #11

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #10

So... this is really interesting and I have no idea what any of it says. I haven't tried google translate yet but there's also text on the images... Anyway, can someone (perhaps the original poster) explain what specifically is happening? :)

A user/group named "Parastoo" has been hacking targets like IHS Janes: http://cryptome.org/2013/02/parastoo-janes-cbrn.htm Recently has started making statements about hijacking drones: http://cryptome.org/2013/07/parastoo-uav-launch2.htm TLDR: Iranian chap(s) have been on a hacking spree and seem to be honing in on what they like to target. In this case US drones over US skies/assets.

    US drones over US skies

Are you saying the US uses drones on their own territory? If yes, what for? Spying their own people comes to my mind, but maybe I read to much spy stories lately and there are legitimate reasons.

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by kybernetyk » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:27 PM UTC

JeremyMorgan wrote: post #9

I'm not sure what we're looking at there, but it's something I probably shouldn't have clicked on.

Last time I checked reverse engineering forums weren't forbidden by the thought police.

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by msoad » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:29 PM UTC

msoad wrote: post #17

Just yo let you know those text on photos are basically mystic poems. One of the tools Iranian propaganda uses

Translating this forum is hard. They uses a specific language that has tons of reference to the way Iranian government sees the world. For example they never say "Israel", they would say instead "Usurper Regime". Because they never recognize Israel as a country.

What we have here is a forum by Iranian semi-military force "Basij". They bluff all the time and you never know what is truth. They have no shame in photoshoping and manipulating the truth.

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by 3327 » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:30 PM UTC

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #19

potatolicious wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I really would have appreciated some warning for that.

...why? Because it's arabic? Ooohhh, scary arabic. Or they're talking about spies and bombs? Don't we talk about those things on hacker news too? I can't read it, I'm working my way through the google translation and just starting, so maybe it's all "bad" stuff, but to be honest, I hope iranians can shed some light on what our government is doing - the US government itself certainly isn't going to help with that.

Hey easy on the hot keywords we are all gonna get flagged by the thought police.

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by celwell » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:34 PM UTC

weinzierl wrote: post #21

ToothlessJake wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A user/group named "Parastoo" has been hacking targets like IHS Janes: http://cryptome.org/2013/02/parastoo-janes-cbrn.htm Recently has started making statements about hijacking drones: http://cryptome.org/2013/07/parastoo-uav-launch2.htm TLDR: Iranian chap(s) have been on a hacking spree and seem to be honing in on what they like to target. In this case US drones over US skies/assets.

US drones over US skies Are you saying the US uses drones on their own territory? If yes, what for? Spying their own people comes to my mind, but maybe I read to much spy stories lately and there are legitimate reasons.

of course we do

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by intopieces » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:37 PM UTC

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #19

potatolicious wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I really would have appreciated some warning for that.

...why? Because it's arabic? Ooohhh, scary arabic. Or they're talking about spies and bombs? Don't we talk about those things on hacker news too? I can't read it, I'm working my way through the google translation and just starting, so maybe it's all "bad" stuff, but to be honest, I hope iranians can shed some light on what our government is doing - the US government itself certainly isn't going to help with that.

It's Persian :) Very similar script, completely different language family. Persian is closer to English than Arabic.

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by msoad » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:37 PM UTC

omegant wrote: post #20

msoad wrote: post #17

Just yo let you know those text on photos are basically mystic poems. One of the tools Iranian propaganda uses

What kind of mystic poems? autors? not precisely these ones but generally. I find it interesting.

I'm not sure about authors, but I can try to translate.

To give you a context, these poems are written by gnostic who believed they saw the real truth and they had no fear of dying because you can not never kill their souls. I assume any culture has this sort of things"

First poem:

We are stuck in a deep well of the bad thinking one Our message would not reach to you (God?) easily

Second (red) I have experienced a lot of pain during my life No pain is comparable to pain of Hijran( being far from God, "the one", etc)

Third (red) This is Arabic. I don't know Arabic. I can say it's part of Quran and it's referring to " thos who belive will be able to discove" or something like that.

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by itmard » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:38 PM UTC

I don't know what's that but i know rce.ir is a Iran Cyber Police owned site...be careful

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by marshray » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:39 PM UTC

3327 wrote: post #24

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...why? Because it's arabic? Ooohhh, scary arabic. Or they're talking about spies and bombs? Don't we talk about those things on hacker news too? I can't read it, I'm working my way through the google translation and just starting, so maybe it's all "bad" stuff, but to be honest, I hope iranians can shed some light on what our government is doing - the US government itself certainly isn't going to help with that.

Hey easy on the hot keywords we are all gonna get flagged by the thought police.

The thought police flag anyone who thinks about the thought police.

Re: Iranian Hackers Post Images Over JFK Airport From UAV That Was Hijacked In March

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Post by lawnchair_larry » Sat, Jul 13, 2013, 8:40 PM UTC

kybernetyk wrote: post #22

JeremyMorgan wrote: post #9

I'm not sure what we're looking at there, but it's something I probably shouldn't have clicked on.

Last time I checked reverse engineering forums weren't forbidden by the thought police.

He actually has a point, sadly. Visiting a "Jihadist" website, based on some arbitrary definition and interpretation from some cyber freedom fighter in DC, VA, or MD, is enough to get your "metadata" added to their graphs. You think Iranian sites with posts about hacking the US aren't on that list? I don't.

It's not enough to get you a visit from the feds or anything, but it's almost certain that any competent intelligence agency is storing anything that touches that website. Whoever posted it likely has links in their social graph to very high value targets.