U.S. Cyberattack on Iran Just Put a Target on American Businesses

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https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxvqd/us-cyberattack-on-iran-just-put-a-target-on-american-businesses

By David Gilbert
Vice News
June 25, 2019

President Donald Trump came within minutes of starting another war in the 
Middle East last week when he ordered, and then abruptly canceled, a 
missile strike against Iranian bases. Instead, he launched another strike: 
a long-planned cyberattack, designed to quietly cripple Iran’s missile 
defense systems.

Anonymous U.S. officials claimed an instant victory, although Iran insists 
it failed to penetrate its systems.

The impact of last week's attacks may remain up for debate, but a 
consensus among security experts is abundantly clear: Tehran will hit 
back, targeting both U.S. government sites and private companies with 
rudimentary but effective cyberattacks.

"Its simplicity belies its effectiveness," said Sergio Caltagirone, a 
former NSA hacker who now works for Dragos, a cybersecurity firm that 
specializes in protecting industrial systems.

"And that is what those of us in the information security field are most 
concerned about -- a lot of organizations who can't protect themselves 
even against simple attacks that are effective. There is a swathe of 
targets available to [Iran] with very simple tools and techniques."

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