US Blocks Iran-Linked Cyber Domains Amid Growing Infrastructure Attacks

The FBI and US cybersecurity agencies issued a joint advisory warning that Iran-backed hackers have been targeting American critical infrastructure.

The advisory detailed that hackers interacted with data files to alter display data while extracting device project data.

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The warning came as Trump warned a whole civilization will die tonight if Iran fails to make a deal.

Iran retaliated by attacking additional infrastructure across Gulf neighbors.

The Department of Justice seized four internet domains linked to an Iranian government-affiliated hacker group.

The domains were used to claim responsibility for a cyberattack on American medical technology company Stryker.

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The group claimed to have exploited Microsoft's Intune to scan data from more than 200,000 devices in 79 countries.

The attack was framed as retaliation for the US-Israeli missile strike that killed more than 160 people at a girls school in Minab.

State-linked Iranian groups conducted a wave of cyberattacks against the United States, Israel, and Europe since the war began.

“The hackers are seeking to cause “disruptive effects within the United States,” according to the advisory”

The Economic Times

IRGC-backed groups targeted American industrial control systems using default passwords to install malware.

Bahrain called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on cowardly attacks.