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WASHINGTON (Epoch Times)\u2014Iran has been waging cyberwar against enemies, perceived and real, at home and abroad.<\/p>\nWASHINGTON (Epoch Times)\u2014Iran has been waging cyberwar against enemies, perceived and real, at home and abroad.<\/p>\n
It defends critical infrastructure while censoring the information its citizens can access. The government restricts domestic traffic of regime opponents and blocks ideas and information from the West. The regime is allegedly attempting to create a separate Iranian communications network and disable Google services within the country.<\/p>\n
Although the regime is generally mum about its operations, it is implicated in serious cyber-attacks, including attacks against several leading U.S. banks.<\/p>\n
Iran will quickly become \u201ca significant player on the cyberspace battlefield,\u201d says cyberwarfare expert Dr. Gabi Siboni, who is head of the Military and Strategic Affairs Program and the Cyber Warfare Program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University in Israel. He gave an overview of Iran\u2019s intentions and capabilities in a talk at the Elliott School of International Affairs\u2013George Washington University on April 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n