Iranian Opposition: IRGC Uses Globally-Available Messaging Apps to Spy on Citizens 2/16/2018 11:09:29 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print mobogram By Patrick Goodenough (CNSNews.com)February 15, 2018  – Rattled by recent protests against the 39-year-old regime, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is accelerating its cyber warfare capabilities, including embedding spyware into apps used by millions of Iranians, a new report claims. Those affected could potentially include expats in the West, who use the apps to contact relatives inside Iran. The report by the exiled Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (  NCRI  )/People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (MEK) says technology, mobile devices and message-sharing apps helped the protests that erupted in late December to spread to cities and towns across Iran, and enabled protestors to get their message to the outside world. “The protesters’ use o...