---
title: "Two More US Sites Hacked With Pro-Iran Propaganda"
description: "Two more United States websites have been hacked to display pro-Iranian propaganda, though it's still unclear whether Iran itself is behind the attacks."
date: "2020-01-08"
modified: "2020-01-08"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/two-more-us-sites-hacked-pro-iran-propaganda"
categories:
  - "Cybersecurity"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Hacking"
tags:
  - "cyberattack"
  - "cybersecurity"
  - "iran"
  - "the digest"
---

# Two More US Sites Hacked With Pro-Iran Propaganda

![Two more United States websites have been hacked to display pro-Iranian propaganda, though it's still unclear whether Iran itself is behind the attacks.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/two-more-us-sites-hacked-pro-iran-propaganda.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: South Alabama Veterans Council/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Under Attack

Hackers have [defaced](<https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qa83/iranian-hackers-deface-texas-government-website>) two more United States websites with pro-Iranian propaganda, [according to *Motherboard*](<https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qa83/iranian-hackers-deface-texas-government-website>).

While the hacks affect little more than the sites' appearances, tensions are running high between Iran and the U.S. due to the American assassination of Iran’s top military general Qassim Soleimani and Iran's [subsequent attack](<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-live-updates/2020/01/07/896c70a2-30d5-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html>) on military bases in Iraq — and the cyberattacks seem to confirm experts' predictions that the conflict would find its way [into cyberspace](<https://futurism.com/iranian-cyberattack-affect-you>).

## Iran Hacker

On Saturday, someone claiming to represent the Islamic Republic of Iran hacked the [Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) website ](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/website-defaced-pro-iran-propaganda-trump>)to display a photo of a bloodied President Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, someone defaced a government-run site belonging to the [Texas Department of Agriculture](<https://twitter.com/JSPortugal3/status/1214524065127510019>) with a picture of Soleimani alongside the text "Hacked by Iranian Hacker. Hacked by Shield Iran." A similar image appeared on the privately run website for the [South Alabama Veterans Council](<https://yellowhammernews.com/private-south-alabama-veterans-council-website-hack-attributed-to-iranians/>).

## Source TBD

After the FDLP defacement, a U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency [spokesperson](<https://gizmodo.com/hackers-vandalize-small-u-s-government-website-with-pr-1840827815>) said the U.S had "no confirmation" that the attack was the work of Iranian-sponsored actors.

The agency has yet to release a similar statement regarding the new defacements. But even if Iran itself isn't behind them, clearly someone is making an effort to digitally flex on the U.S. — though they'll need to think bigger if they want their efforts to result in more than a minor inconvenience.

**READ MORE:** [Iranian Hackers Claim Defacement of Texas Government and Alabama Veterans Websites](<https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qa83/iranian-hackers-deface-texas-government-website>) \[*Motherboard*\]

**More on the hacking:** *[US Website Defaced With Pro-Iran Propaganda, Bloody Trump Face](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/website-defaced-pro-iran-propaganda-trump>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)