Iran blamed for major cyberattack on BBC

Iran is privately being blamed for a major cyber-attack on the BBC earlier this month that blocked access to its popular Persian TV service and disrupted the Corporation’s IT. The multi-pronged 2 March attack took down much of the BBC’s email, overloaded its telephone switchboard with automatic phone calls, and…

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Iran blamed for major cyberattack on BBC

Iran is privately being blamed for a major cyber-attack on the BBC earlier this month that blocked access to its popular Persian TV service and disrupted the Corporation’s IT. The multi-pronged 2 March attack took down much of the BBC’s email, overloaded its telephone switchboard with automatic phone calls, and…

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New malware preys on Iran nuclear weapons tension

Chinese cybercriminals have crafted a sophisticated, robust malware attack that exploits growing political tension and fear over Iran’s alleged covert nuclear weapons program to infect PCs. The goal of the hackers is to corrupt the computers of U.S. military employees, according to researchers from the security firm Bitdefender, who detected…

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