Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes

The article reports on a coordinated series of U.S. and Israel-led airstrikes across Iranian cities, including Tehran, which resulted in the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Hosseini Khamenei, and other top officials. These military actions followed failed negotiations between Tehran and Washington amid ongoing mass protests in Iran. Concurrently, cyberattacks targeted the country, notably compromising the BadeSaba prayer app—used by over 5 million people—to send anti-government notifications urging resistance against Iranian authorities. The origin of the hack remains unclear, but reports suggest U.S. and Israeli involvement aimed at disrupting Iran’s ability to respond. The conflict’s impact extended beyond Iran’s borders, with Iranian missile strikes hitting the United Arab Emirates and causing physical damage to an Amazon data center there, leading to outages. The broader regional instability threatens critical trade routes like the Strait of Hormuz, potentially disrupting global shipping. Internet connectivity within Iran plummeted to near-zero following the airstrikes, as confirmed