00:00Shortly after recent Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, millions of Iranians received push notifications
00:05from their prayer app. Popular prayer calendar Badi Sabah was hacked to send push notifications
00:11like help arrived and the time for revenge has come. Some urged the Iranian military to surrender.
00:17Until now, no one has claimed responsibility for the hack. The Badi Sabah app is widely popular in
00:22Iran, but its origins are not known. The developer listed in Google's Play Store is not traceable to
00:28any company. Their residence appears to be in Indonesia. However, other app stores show
00:33contradicting info like a firm based in Dubai. Hacking has long been a standard practice in
00:39modern warfare. Normally, hackers target government websites or critical infrastructure, not prayer
00:45apps. Experts say the hack was not a classic cyber attack, but psychological warfare intended to
00:51influence Iranian society. Apps and smartphones have become a value target in modern warfare. Many
00:57apps request broad access to your phone and collect vast amounts of personal data. This data can be
01:03used to target individuals. Your apps know a lot about you and hackers can turn that into propaganda.
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