Particle.news

Download on the App Store

US Targets Iran’s Nuclear Sites, Truth Social Disrupted by DDoS Attack

The operation marks Washington’s first direct engagement in the Israel-Iran conflict following Ayatollah Khamenei’s warnings of ‘irreparable damage’.

Image
Truth Social is down.
Image
Image

Overview

  • President Trump ordered B-2 bombers stationed in Guam to strike Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear sites on June 22.
  • A senior White House official confirmed that the US provided Israel with advance notice before carrying out the airstrikes.
  • Hacktivists calling themselves the 313 Team claimed responsibility for a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack that knocked Truth Social offline shortly after the strikes were announced.
  • The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning of potential retaliatory cyberattacks by Iranian-affiliated actors against US networks.
  • Congressional Republicans remain divided over the constitutionality and strategic merits of the president’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.