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Iran may flex cyber muscle - Wezuviy - 05-10-2018
President Trump’s decision Tuesday to pull the United States out of the nuclear deal with Iran may escalate the risk of confrontation of another kind: in cyberspace.
Withdrawing from the Obama-era pact designed to curb Iran’s nuclear program and reinstating sanctions on the country could lead Tehran-backed hackers to retaliate against the West after several years of relative quiet, former government officials and security experts say.
Michael Daniel, who was President Barack Obama’s White House cybersecurity coordinator, said Iran may have fewer qualms about using its cyber capabilities without the diplomatic agreement in place.
“Now that the level of enmity between the United States and Iran is going to only increase, that does free them to carry out cyber operations against the United States,” Daniel said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/05/09/the-cybersecurity-202-now-that-trump-s-out-of-the-nuclear-deal-iran-may-flex-cyber-muscle/5af1d96030fb042db57973cb/?utm_term=.178695a8510f
RE: Iran may flex cyber muscle - mothered - 05-11-2018
I'd be very Interested In reading the actual nature of the proposed cyber attacks by the Iranians.
They say they're capable In executing such attacks but (as far as I'm aware), there Isn't anything conclusive as to the magnitude of damage that "can" be caused.
RE: Iran may flex cyber muscle - Torwaldson - 05-11-2018
I bet, we will see new cyber campaigns against the US.
RE: Iran may flex cyber muscle - Wezuviy - 05-21-2018
This is a stalemate.
Pompeo threatens US will 'crush' Iran through sanctions and pressure campaign:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/21/politics/pompeo-iran-speech/index.html