Iranian Propaganda Floods Social Media Account
“Do Not Click on or Interact With Posted Links”
“Restoration Efforts Underway to Resolve the Issue”
A high-ranking official in the United States Space Force had their social media account hacked, resulting in the posting of Iranian propaganda materials.
According to CNN and other outlets on June 1 (local time), Chief Master Sergeant John Bentivegna of the Space Force recently asked his colleagues via Facebook not to click on any links or interact with videos posted on his social media account.
This was because hackers had compromised his account and uploaded posts with pro-Iranian and anti-American content. Among the posted videos, audio from “Hanoi Hannah”—who broadcast propaganda against U.S. troops during the Vietnam War—was used, carrying a message urging U.S. soldiers to “abandon the sinking ship.” The video also included images of Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Chief Master Sergeant Bentivegna stated, “We are currently working with the relevant departments to restore access to the account and resolve the issue as quickly as possible.” A Space Force spokesperson also acknowledged the hacking incident but did not specify how long the posts were visible or who was responsible for the attack.
The Space Force has played an important role in U.S. military operations against Iran. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Cain previously stated that, at the onset of the Iran conflict, the Space Force disrupted Iran’s defense systems through “non-kinetic effects.”
Amid these circumstances, U.S. military leadership has consistently warned that service members’ social media accounts and mobile phones could become targets during wartime. The United States Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, recently testified before Congress that “numerous threat reports have been received indicating that hostile forces are exploiting commercial location data to track or surveil U.S. personnel.”
There have also been ongoing cases of cyberthreats from groups believed to be Iranian hackers. At the end of April, some U.S. Marine Corps personnel, civilian employees, and family members received threatening text messages from a group suspected to be Iranian hackers. One message confirmed by CNN read, “Your identities are already known to the missile unit, and every movement is being monitored.”
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Iranian hackers have also targeted high-ranking U.S. officials. In March, Iranian hackers reportedly broke into the personal email account of FBI Director Kashyap Patel, leaking some photos and emails.
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