BBC news reports that BBC Persia was reportedly hacked by Iranian authorities. BBC claims that the cyber attack is part of an expanding effort by the regime to stifle coverage within the country.
BBC's director-general, Mark Thompson, reported that BBC's London office was inundated with automatic phone calls and also that a group had attempted to jam the company's satellite feeds into Iran.
While this only affected owners of illegal satellite dishes,these are of course the only ones that can receive the BBC signal in Iran.
This is not the first time the Iranian government has tampered with the BBC’s Persian service. The BBC has previously accused Iran of attempting to jam its broadcasts by eliminating VPN networks for example, as well as intimidating its staff.
This recent attack follows various tactics by the Iranian government, such as harassment, arrests, and threats against the relatives of BBC Persia correspondents who still live in Iran, in an effort to force the journalists to quit the Persian news service.
