Iran has launched a series of cyber attacks against the US hours after Donald Trump threatened to wipe out the country's civilisation. It comes as the US president's deadline to re-open the Strait of Hormuz is set to expire in just hours. According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency "Iran-affiliated" hackers are "conducting exploitation activity" on important systems in the US. It says sophisticated "advanced persistent threat" groups are going after internet-connected industrial systems used to run critical services. The attackers are said to be exploiting devices such as programmable controllers - the kind used to operate factories, energy systems and other essential infrastructure - with some incidents already causing disruption and financial losses. Officials say the hackers are manipulating data and control displays to interfere with how systems function, raising concerns about the potential impact on vital services. US organisations have been urged to review their networks "to reduce the risk of compromise". This is a breaking news story. Follow us on Google News, Flipboard, Apple News, Twitter, Facebook or visit The Mirror homepage.
Iran has launched a series of cyber attacks against the US hours after Donald Trump threatened to wipe out the country's civilisation. It comes as the US president's deadline to re-open the Strait of Hormuz is set to expire in just hours. According to the US Cybersecurity and Inf…
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Vice President JD Vance downplayed the scope of the conflict in Iran, saying he would not describe it as “a war” given that major combat operations ended several weeks ago — even though military strikes recently intensified in the region. Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar has the latest.
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