Iran conducts cyberattack on Israeli water utilities with help from United States servers

[Aspen]

A cyberattack that targeted Israeli water and sewage systems last month was likely carried out by Iran via servers in the United States, Fox News reported on Thursday.

Israeli water installations reportedly came under attack near the end of April, after which employees at Israeli companies involved in the country's water and sewage systems were instructed to change their passwords or, if that wasn’t possible, bring their online activities to a temporary halt.

Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, which first reported the purported attack, said these instructions were given “with an emphasis on operational systems and mechanisms for adding chlorine to wells.” It also quoted a cybersecurity official in the Water Authority saying that operations had not been affected by the attack.

Fox News quoted an unnamed senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy who said there is an “ongoing investigation” into the incident. The source also told Fox that the department “routinely gathers and shares information with private sector partners to protect the United States and its allies from cyberattacks,” but did not comment on the details of the specific investigation.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...ater-and-sewage-systems-report-says-1.8829340

 

[khansaheeb]

fake news

 

[Pax Ottomana]

 

[Aspen]

The Israeli security cabinet held a top secret meeting on Thursday to discuss a highly unusual Iranian cyberattack against Israeli civilian water infrastructure that took place two weeks ago, Israeli officials tell me.

Why it matters: The Iranian cyberattack didn't cause much damage, but Israeli officials say the government sees the attack as a major escalation by the Iranians, and the crossing of a red line due to the fact that the target was civilian water facilities.

Fox News first reported on Thursday that Iran was behind the cyberattack. According to the report, the Iranians used computer servers located in the U.S. to attack the Israeli water facilities.

What they're saying: "This was a very unordinary cyber attack against civilian water facilities which is against every ethic and every code even in times of war," a senior Israeli official told me. "We didn't expect this even from the Iranians. It is just not done."

What's next: The Israeli government will now have to decide if and how to retaliate. A cyberattack against Iranian targets could be one such act of retribution. But cyberattacks between enemy countries like Israel and Iran could escalate and move into the physical world and turn into kinetic strikes.

https://www.axios.com/israeli-security-iranian-cyberattack-c9218bc3-9819-4de4-8097-9d19a9437d8a.html

 

[925boy]

fake news

surprising comment from you, but ok.

 

[Aramagedon]

Iran is much advanced in cyber security, cyber attacks and hacking.


Great News.