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7/12/21

Latest attacks on Iran? Iran will not remain silent for long



Latest attacks on Iran? Iran will not remain silent for long The cyberattacks that Iran's Transportation Ministry reported over the weekend were not only an open act of war meant to damage the IRGC's military and economic infrastructure, but also a symbolic act against the regime in Tehran. According to reports, the alleged attack did not cause any trains to crash or derail. Train services had been disrupted, with hackers posting fake delay notices on station boards. The sneaky culprits even left an emergency number for passengers to call and report accidents. It turned out to belong to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — a rather jocular move designed to drive home the notion that the Iranians are very vulnerable. The list of potential attackers extends for miles — from states to opposition groups and even private hackers. According to foreign reports, Israel and Iran have been engaged in an all-out cyber war since March 2020, with each side vying to sabotage the other's infrastructure. Up until then, Iran's cyberattacks against Israel focused mainly on intelligence gathering. In 2019, they managed to hack Israel's water supply, along with several private companies and continued to persistently carry our attacks on the country's financial systems and national infrastructure. In response, Israel reportedly shut down Iran's main shipping harbor in Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf. Cyberattacks on such a large scale are another element in the covert cold war between the two nations. Israel, for its part, maintains a global campaign to foil any Iranian attacks on its assets abroad, the latest reportedly occurring on Friday, when Belgian authorities arrested a woman suspected of taking part in an Iranian plot to collect intelligence on Israeli targets at the Brussels Airport. Just last week, Iranian-backed militias launched four rocket and drone strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq, including the embassy in Baghdad. These tit-for-tat blows come in the midst of rigorous talks to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the Iran nuclear deal as it is commonly known. An Iranian response is imminent, aimed directly at all its "usual suspects." Iran has already shown its capability to reverse engineer weapons used against it. A computer virus attributed to Israel was later used by Tehran to destroy vast parts of Saudi energy company Aramco's computing systems. How will Iran retaliate next? Only time will tell.


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