Popular Iranian App BadeSaba was Hacked to Send “Help Is on the Way” Alerts

2026-03-04T21:03:20Z40a225b34da0cb24127df1943bb0aee81385b668fee667638c3a6301306d30ed
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What happened

Multiple mid-March 2026 cyber incidents and research were reported: Iran’s popular BadeSaba prayer/calendar app was compromised and used to send coercive “Help Is on the Way” alerts (psyops); major Pakistani TV channels’ live satellite feeds were hijacked to display anti-military messages; phishing pages impersonating Zoom and Google Meet are pushing fake updates that install Teramind monitoring software; fake Xeno/Roblox utilities are delivering a Windows RAT via PowerShell and LOLBins; ShinyHunters leaked 2M Odido telecom records (claiming up to 21M); Link11 warned of persistent DDoS threats

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
hackread
Record identifier
40a225b34da0cb24127df1943bb0aee81385b668fee667638c3a6301306d30ed
Enrichment time
2026-03-04T21:03:20Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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