Wapack Labs is monitoring the developments in the ongoing Iran protests. Wapack analysts continue to observe an increase in Internet restriction and disabling of communication applications; Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, Google, WhatsApp, and Signal. To date, ProtonMail’s free VPN service for Android phones, and Psiphon, an app that circumnavigates network firewalls, are the only means of providing anonymity for Iranian citizens. As information censorship increases, so too does pro-regime propaganda. The current climate in Iran may give way to Iranian-backed threat actors targeting the anti-regime demonstrators. Wapack Labs assesses, with moderate confidence, that the cyber activity will remain confined to Iran, but continues to monitor the situation for movement affecting our customer base...READ MORE
Wapack Labs has cataloged and reported on protests and cyber activity in Iran in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance portal.
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