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NYT: US Waged Cyberattack on Database Used by Iran to Target Tankers

Thu, 08/29/2019 - 5:33pm

NYT: US Waged Cyberattack on Database Used by Iran to Target Tankers – Agence France-Presse

The United States staged a secret cyberattack in June against a database used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to plot attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf, The New York Times reported.

The newspaper, quoting senior US officials, said the June 20 attack had degraded the ability of Iran's paramilitary force to target shipping in the Gulf.

It said Iran was still trying to recover information and restart military communications networks and other systems knocked offline.

The Times said the cyberstrike was the latest in an ongoing cyberconflict between the United States and Iran…

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