Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-06-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Iranian State-linked News Websites
Affected country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: U.S. Justice Department
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: United States of America
Description: American authorities seize a range of 33 Iranian state-linked news websites accused of sprading missinformation.