Iranian hackers claim breaching US govt. website

A group of hackers calming to be from Iran have breached the website of US government agency on Saturday and posted messages vowing revenge for the US’s killing of top military commander Qasem Soleimani.

The website of the Federal Depository Library Program was replaced with a page titled “Iranian Hackers!” that displayed images of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Iranian flag.

“Martyrdom was (Soleimani’s)… reward for years of implacable efforts,” read a graphic depicting US President Donald Trump being punched by a first emanating from Iran as missiles fly by.

“With his departure and with God’s power, his work and path will not cease and severe revenge awaits those criminals who have tainted their filthy hands with his blood and blood of the other martyrs,” it said.

“This is only small part of Iran’s cyber ability!” another caption on the page read in white text on a black background.

This came in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat to strike 52 Iranian sites if Tehran attacks the US.

The killing of Irani Gen Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad on Friday brought a furious vow of revenge from Tehran.