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Iranian Hackers' Targeting of US Critical Infrastructure Has Escalated ...

Agencies say the campaign has disrupted operations and caused financial losses at some organizations, and they urged critical infrastructure operators to apply mitigations.

  • On Tuesday, CISA and the Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint alert with the FBI regarding Iranian-linked actors targeting programmable logic controllers across critical U.S. infrastructure sectors.
  • Lawmakers are questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about investment activities before the Iran War began; Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell called related Financial Times reports "entirely false and fabricated."
  • These cyber intrusions have already disrupted operations and caused financial losses for multiple organizations, with Iranian-linked groups specifically targeting industrial control systems across energy and water sectors.
  • The Trump administration is shifting security priorities, proposing to reduce Transportation Security Administration staff by roughly 8,400 positions while redirecting about $477 million to expand the Screening Partnership Program.
  • While the State Department recruits new diplomats following last year's layoffs of more than 1,300 employees, the IRS reports that most staff are complying with return-to-office mandates.
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The U.S. – Hackers linked to Iran’s government have been targeting U.S. water and energy infrastructure since President Donald Trump started the war in Iran, according to a new warning from the Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Security Agency (CISA) and other federal agencies. (Continue reading...) The Pro-Iran Hackers entry points to U.S. water and electricity infrastructure was first published in Remolacha – Dominican Republic News.

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
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