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On September 23, 2022, a hacktivist named "Edaalate Ali" hacked Iran's state TV government channel during the middle of broadcast and released CCTV footage of Iran's prison facilities.
This sentence conflates two different incidents. Edalat-e Ali’s prison CCTV leak was in August 2021, while its hack of Iranian state TV happened on October 8, 2022—not September 23, 2022.
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The claim merges two separate Edalat-e Ali incidents into one event and gives the wrong date.
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The prison CCTV leak was in August 2021, not September 2022. Reuters reported on August 24, 2021 that Edalat-e Ali had released videos from Evin prison surveillance cameras showing abuse of prisoners. Amnesty International likewise states that since 22 August 2021 media outlets had been publishing leaked videos from a group calling itself Edalat-e Ali, which had hacked the security cameras of Tehran’s Evin Prison.
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The state-TV broadcast hack happened later, on October 8, 2022. AFP reported that hackers supporting the Mahsa Amini protests interrupted an Iranian state TV news broadcast on Saturday evening, October 8, 2022, and that the hack was claimed by Edalat-e Ali.
So the sentence is inaccurate because it treats the 2021 prison-camera leak and the October 2022 state-TV hack as a single September 23, 2022 event. It also describes Edalat-e Ali as a single “hacktivist,” whereas reporting identifies it as a group.
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- Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse | KFGO (Reuters)
Aug 24, 2021 ... A hacking group calling itself Edalat-e Ali (Ali's Justice) issued on social media the videos that appear to be from the prison's surveillance cameras and show guards beating prisoners and dragging a detainee on the floor.
- Iran: Leaked video footage from Evin prison offers rare glimpse of cruelty against prisoners - Amnesty International
Since 22 August, independent media outlets ... have published a growing number of leaked videos received from a group calling itself "Edalat-e Ali" ... which has hacked the security cameras of Tehran's Evin Prison.
- Iran state TV hacked with image of supreme leader in crosshairs | GMA News Online (AFP/Reuters image credit)
Published October 9, 2022 ... Hackers ... interrupted a state TV news broadcast ... during the TV broadcast Saturday evening ... the TV hack claimed by the group Edalat-e Ali (Ali's Justice).