The conflict between Iran and the USA reached the Internet after Iran's hackers have started a cyber war both against the websites or servers of various American institutions, as well as against private companies. Iranian hackers, some of whom claim that they are not affiliated with the government in Tehran, attacked various private companies, universities, state institutions in the US, and not only that, they managed to modify the interface of some to display the picture of General Qassem Soleimani, and not only .
Analysts in IT security have warned about the fact that it is possible that the dispute between the two powers will escalate and move to the IT field, and the cyber war is something that everyone expects. However, for now only apparent hackers not affiliated in any way with the Iranian government have started to launch attacks on some US companies, but this could be just the beginning of a war of attrition between the two countries.
Iran's hackers are escalating the CYBER WAR against the USA
Those who are now attacking American websites say that they are doing it out of pure patriotism, but of course there could be hackers affiliated with the Iranian government among them, or some of them could be motivated by the authorities to act. Behind them is of course a large army of hackers that Iran has, and that it has used in the past for attacks against US institutions, some of them even quite important, so there are serious fears here.
"Hackers looking to breach American computer networks have suddenly stepped up their efforts following the death of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani. Shortly after the strike that killed Soleimani, attempts in Iran to hack federal, state and local government websites jumped 50 percent — and then continued to accelerate.”
Iran does not have a modern army, like the USA, but on the cyber side things are completely different because skilled hackers do not need billions of dollars in technology to cause such great damage. The armed conflict between the US and Iran seems to have ended for the time being, but the cyber war has begun, and it will certainly increase in intensity as the leaders of the two countries continue to have harsh exchanges of words, from a distance.
