Sweden blames Iran for cyber-attack after Quran-burnings

Sweden's security service says 15,000 messages were sent after several Quran-burning incidents.

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Sapo said the data breach in summer last year involved SMS messages calling for "revenge against Quran-burners", after several anti-Islam activists set fire to copies of the Islamic holy book.

A preliminary investigation led by prosecutors found that a cyber group called Anzu acting for Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), sought to create division in society and paint Sweden as an Islamophobic country.

Although Sweden's government condemned the Quran-burnings and police tried to ban them, they were allowed by the courts under freedom of expression laws.

The incidents led to outrage in several Muslim-majority countries, and Sweden's embassy in Iraq was set alight by protesters.

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