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December 26, 2012

Iran Accuses U.S. and Israel of New Cyberattacks 
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Iran is accusing the United States and Israel of waging a new round of
cyberwarfare against its internal computer systems. The Iranian
government says hackers have recently tried to disrupt computer networks
in a southern province as well as in the national Culture Ministry. If
confirmed, the hacking would be the latest major U.S.-Israeli
cyber-effort against Iran to come to light since the operation that
disrupted Iranian nuclear facilities and unleashed the global computer
virus Stuxnet. The Obama administration’s cyber-campaign in Iran is
believed to be the first sustained effort by one country to destroy
another’s infrastructure through computer attacks.

 

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