Iranian messaging services hit by DDoS attacks

Online messaging services based in Iran were hit by attacks strating late on Sunday that mostly originated from the United States and Europe, according to an Iranian deputy telecoms minister who says the attacks were the largest of their kind since the country imposed bans on US-based messaging services in late September. Amir Mohammadzadeh said that…

Police arrest suspect over blazing dumpster that injured mother during Haredi riot

Police arrested a suspect allegedly involved in launching a blazing dumpster on wheels that slammed into a passerby and seriously injured her during protests in Jerusalem earlier this month, authorities said Sunday. The suspect was arrested in the capital’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, police said. The area was the scene of riots of December 15 that…