Here’s What a Cyber Attack by Iran Might Look Like
US helicopters attacked a convoy carrying Qassim Soleimani Thursday.Abaca via ZUMA The government of Iran vowed “forceful revenge” against the United States after Thursday’s killing of Major Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top security and intelligence commander. It’s unclear what form that revenge might take, but cyber security experts are warning that Iran might use its…
The US Government Has Done “Almost Nothing” to Stop Cyber Attacks
Kalousek Rostislav/CTK via ZUMA In 2004, as he sat before the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks, Richard Clarke famously declared, “Your government failed you, those entrusted with protecting you failed you, and I failed you,” before asking for understanding and forgiveness. Clarke, a former senior government counterterrorism official, told the world that before the terrorist…