US likely responsible for Iran's cyber warfare know-how

  • 13 February 2015
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By Sead Fadilpaši?
 
Iran might have learned advanced cyber warfare from the US, recently revealed government documents have shown.
Leaked National Security Agency (NSA) documents published by The Intercept show fears that the American cyberattacks on Iran might have helped that country develop sophisticated cyber tactics and strategies.
 The document was created before a meeting before NSA and its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), called because of Iran’s cyberattacks against some financial institutions in the US.
Iran’s nuclear and oil facilities have been targeted numerous times and the US and Israel are thought to be behind them.
"Iran’s destructive cyber attack against Saudi Aramco in August 2012, during which data was destroyed on tens of thousands of computers was the first such attack NSA has observed from this adversary", it says in the report.
 
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