Iran admits to using hacking to avoid US sanctions on news website
An official admitted that the company had restored the domain to Fars by using DNS spoofing, a type of hacking that redirects users to the wrong website when they try to access a certain URL.
A computer engineer checks equipment at an internet service provider in Tehran February 15, 2011(photo credit: CAREN FIROUZ / REUTERS)ByTZVI JOFFRE