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https://www.rferl.org/a/sweden-blames-iranian-hackers-for-attack-urging-revenge-for-koran-burnings/33131987.html
Iran's security service was behind a special operation against targets in Sweden, the Nordic
country's Prosecutor's Office said.
The operation saw hackers send thousands of text messages to Swedes calling for revenge over
2023 burnings of the Koran, according to the Prosecutor's Office.
Senior prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said in a statement on September 24 that a preliminary
investigation showed "it was the Iranian state via the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards
Corps (IRGC), that carried out a data breach at a Swedish company that runs a major SMS
service."
He added that investigators were able to establish the identities of the Iranian hackers who
carried out the data breach.
"The aim was to further tighten the situation and increase the conflict that prevailed
between different groups in society," Ljungqvist said, adding that while the conditions for
prosecution abroad or extradition to Sweden "are lacking" for those suspected of being behind
the breach, the case can be reopened.
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