Thursday, August 29, 2019

US hit Iran with secret cyberattack to disrupt oil tanker attacks - Business Insider

US hit Iran with secret cyberattack to disrupt oil tanker attacks - Business Insider



The cyberstrike reportedly came the same day President Donald Trump called off military strikes last minute in retaliation for Iran's downing of a US drone. Trump said the strikes would not have been proportionate to the downing of an unmanned aircraft.
Trump had said a cyberoperation was underway, but the New York Times report on Wednesday expanded on the impact of the attack as well as the Trump administration's motives.
The cyberattack "wiped out a critical database" used by the IRGC — a paramilitary force that operates separately from Iran's conventional military — to plan attacks on oil tankers, according to the report. 

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