Iraq Turns Off All The Electronic Boardings And The Reason Is…….

SIDDARDA GOWTHAM JAGABATHINA
2 min readAug 22, 2023

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Hey MCK’s , today we are going to talk about a security breach that happened in Iraq which happened to broadcast Adult Content on the screens in Baghdad on Sunday after Iraq announced the ban on pornographic content in their country determined to target gays and LBTG Community. Well without any delay let’s delve into the details.

Iraqi Authorities have removed all the electronic holdings in Baghadad after pornographic content was displayed on the screens, the man who is responsible for this activity is arrested after obtaining judicial approvals and through fieldwork, auditing, and monitoring of surveillance cameras. As it turns out that the hacker did this activity because of a financial issue that he had with the display owner. Iraq's government decided to temporarily turn off screens displaying advertisements in public places in the capital, Baghdad after they were subjected to electronic hacking and adult content was aired on a screen in Uqba bin Nafeh Square, which is the most crowded place in central Baghdad.

Based on the statement released by the Iraq Government some of the screens but not all are back to their operations while most of the screens are in the process of checking for any signs of tampering. In a religious country like Iraq, for the personal issues he had with his owner, a man hacked the entire monitor-based bill-boarding screen network and displayed pornographic content which caused a lot of confusion for the people of Iraq.

My, Valuable MCK, You may and we people may think about what might be the issue with this attack as it doesn’t hurt anyone. Well hacking into any national security system or a network is itself a big hack that not only includes confusion and fear in the people of that country but also increases the chance of hacking into the government portals through the vulnerabilities found from this attack. Even though the government announced the hacking activity we don’t know for sure that this is the only data that has been breached so there could always be a possibility that someone could eventually find some another vulnerability through this system as the government and any security analyst will try to cover the known vulnerability first they may or may not miss other vulnerabilities that they didn’t know exist.

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SIDDARDA GOWTHAM JAGABATHINA
SIDDARDA GOWTHAM JAGABATHINA

Written by SIDDARDA GOWTHAM JAGABATHINA

Passionate about cybersecurity and eager to share the knowledge I have gained and continue to acquire to educate the world.

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