Watch hackers embarrass guards at notorious Iranian jail

It is one for the historical past books.

A gaggle of hackers obtained uncensored footage from contained in the infamous Iranian Evin Jail, positioned in Tehran, stories the Related Press and Radio Free Europe. The movies, a few of which look like taken immediately from the jail surveillance system, present squalid circumstances, guards beating prisoners, and the second when hackers seized management of the ability’s computer systems as baffled officers might solely stand and watch.

The group liable for the hack, which matches by the title The Justice of Ali, shared the movies with the AP and Radio Free Europe. They instructed the previous that they’d obtained lots of of gigabytes of knowledge.

Iranian officers confirmed on Twitter that the stolen footage is actual.

In a single unforgettable second amongst many, the stolen video exhibits jail laptop screens going offline, one after the other, solely to then get replaced by a message from the hackers.

“Cyber assault,” cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter stories the message as studying in Farsi. “Evin is a stain on the black turban and white beard of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi – the nationwide protest [will continue] till the discharge of political prisoners.”

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One jail official seems to take video of the hacked system, as one other appears on — for all appearances at a whole loss.

Whereas it isn’t clear precisely how, particularly, the footage was obtained, Zetter explains that “Iranian programs typically use bootleg or out-of-date software program, as a consequence of sanctions that make it troublesome to maintain programs updated.”

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Notably, the hackers declare that is just the start of their efforts. “We’ll proceed to reveal the oppression,” Radio Free Europe stories them as saying.

And, if the small quantity of printed video is any indication, there’s a variety of oppression to reveal. The Evin jail has been described by former inmates as “probably the most brutal jail on this planet.” Even earlier than this footage was launched, Evin was lengthy referred to as a website the place political dissidents had been allegedly tortured.

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“We would like the world to listen to our voice for freedom of all political prisoners,” the hackers instructed the AP.

After such a daring (and, for Iranian officers, embarrassing) hack, that voice shall be inconceivable to disregard.