Experts warn of threat Iran poses not only to cities and towns but to banks and other financial institutions.
“Iranian regime actors and proxies are increasingly using destructive ‘wiper’ attacks, looking to do much more than just steal data and money. These efforts are often enabled through common tactics like spear-phishing, password spraying, and credential stuffing,” the statement. “What might start as an account compromise, where you think you might just lose data, can quickly become a situation where you’ve lost your whole network.
Most recently, Todt pointed to when the Las Vegas Sands Corporation had its computers ‘wiped’ by Iranians after its founder, Sheldon Adelson, called for a nuclear attack on Iran. The attack wiped out nearly 30,000 computers, however, the company said oil production was not affected by the cyberattack.The Federal Depository Library Program website was reportedly briefly shut down over the weekend, after the site displayed pro-Iranian, anti-U.S. propaganda, a CISA spokesperson confirmed.
The National Threat Assessment bulletin released on Iran specifically mentions the threat of cyber retaliation from Iran. A utility company source told ABC News there were ongoing conversations between government entities and critical infrastructure companies, as well as among critical infrastructure companies, to touch base regarding the heightened security status and the need for vigilance in the wake of the killing.
“Certainly Iran as a nation-state, they have a cyber capability and they've certainly taken lessons from both the Russians and Chinese and North Koreans,” Bryan Paarmann, a former special agent in charge of the counterterrorism division at the FBI's New York Field Office and current Senior Vice President at Brosnan Risk Consultants, told ABC News. “Cyber is now a tool of warfare.
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