No, Iran didn’t really hack and down a foreign military spy drone

A report by the Islamic Republic News Agency this weekend raised eyebrows, as it appeared to claim that Iranˈs Revolutionary Guard Corps had managed to hack and down a foreign spy drone.

“A foreign spy drone was hacked outside the field of Payambar-e Azam 8 wargames on Saturday,” reporters were told.

The official FARS news agency told a similar story, adding that the revolutionary guard were in possession of pictures taken by the drone and hoped to release them to the world’s media…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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