US EditionHacked hospitals, hidden spyware: Iran conflict shows how digital fight is ingrained in warfare
Nearly 5,800 attacks by Iran-linked groups have targeted U.S. and Israeli healthcare and critical infrastructure in recent months, aiming to disrupt and intimidate, experts say.
- As Iran and its supporters seek to use cyber capabilities in modern warfare, they are demonstrating how disinformation, artificial intelligence and hacking are now ingrained in conflicts.
- The digital fight between Iran and its adversaries is likely to persist even if a ceasefire is reached, as it is easier and cheaper than conventional conflict aimed at spying, stealing and frightening.
- Iran is likely to target supply chains supporting the economy and war effort, as well as critical infrastructure like ports, rail stations, water plants and hospitals, showing the importance of data centers to the economy, communications and military information security.
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With false bunker info links, Iranian hackers allegedly load spyware on Israeli mobile phones. Politicians and companies also become targets of these attacks – hacking becomes a weapon of war.
'There are a lot more attacks happening that aren’t being reported': Iran's cyber response creeps across the globe
As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time information about bomb shelters. But instead of a helpful app, the link downloaded spyware giving hackers access to the device’s camera, location and all its data. The operation, attributed to Iran, showed sophisticated coordination and is just the latest tactic in a cyber conflict that pits the U.S. and Israel against Iran and …
Michigan-based medical technology company victim of digital attack as war with Iran continues
WASHINGTON — As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time information about bomb shelters. But instead of a helpful app, the link downloaded spyware giving hackers access to the device's camera, location and all its data.
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Hacked hospitals, hidden spyware: Iran conflict shows how digital fight is ingrained in warfare
Iran has turned to its cyber operations to make up for its military disadvantages in its conflict with Israel and the U.S.
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