The Security Blog

It is now evening on June 14 at the US Eastern Time Zone. This is the evening of the first day after the Iranian election. Here are some information points from a Cybersecurity and a Cyberwar points of view. Firstly, rumors started flying about 20 hours ago that Iran has shut off service to the rest of the world, and in particular, to social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. Here is a small sampling of the traffic we have been seeing and their origination points:

Preamble One of the first related tweets, giving a hint of trouble in Iran:

19:29 06/13/09 (all times GMT) sahibmirza: it was a rigged election in Iran and its time for regulars to hit the road.staying away is not an option any more.NO to ahmedinajat.

19:30 michael_SWC: Ahmadinejad Attacks Foreign Coverage of Iran Election (http://cli.gs/AuNnS2) <– first rumored accusation against foreign press

19:30 gossiptest: Gossip News- Riots Break Out In Iran Over The Re-Election Of Ahmadinejad [Iranian Elections]: Protes.. http://tinyurl.com/mbmh28 <– first rumors of riots in Iran

19:30 @librarygrape Committee of Ayatollahs urge that Iran election be invalidated http://bit.ly/2ZBNIi #newsjunkie #dnj #iranelection <– first news of Election Board being demanded to invalidate elections

19:32 my66: Iran Election Rigged? Mousavi Accusations Land Him In Prison http://tiny.cc/GMM4V <– first rumors of Mousavi arrested

19:34 tangesq: Reports and vids coming out of Iran are troubling: election monitors crying fraud, 50-100 dead, Mousavi possibly under house arrest <– first report of deaths in riots

19:35 vlfuller: For those at all interested in the elections in Iran, check out the photos here. http://bit.ly/S66Af: http://cli.gs/rTL9v0 –Share this news: http://bit.ly/eVVY2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388/page15/ ) <– first picture of violence transmitted on Twitter / Flicker

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