{"id":16315,"date":"2014-04-10T14:53:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/16315-iran-is-a-hq-for-global-cyber-attacks"},"modified":"2023-01-15T04:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T03:04:10","slug":"iran-is-a-hq-for-global-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-is-a-hq-for-global-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran is a HQ for global cyber attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"cyber-terrorism\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-40008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/cyber-terrorism.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" \/>A report released on Thursday by a U.S. based cyber security company suggests that cyber espionage by the Iranian regime was first detected in August 2012.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report by Mandiant the attacks that targeted two Gulf energy companies destroyed data on tens of thousands of computers.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers in Iran have since begun to attack western energy firms and government agencies in a manner \u201cconsistent with network reconnaissance\u201d, said Laura Galante, from Mandiant, who is a former US government cyber specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Mandiant said compared to attacks from more sophisticated adversaries such as China the recent attacks from Iran against the west had been relatively simple. 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