The hackers “stole hundreds of terabytes of data, which typically included confidential communications pertaining to national security, foreign policy intelligence, non-military nuclear information, aerospace data, human rights activist information, victim financial information and personally identifiable information, and intellectual property, including unpublished scientific research.”
This theft could have consequences that reverberate for years. Nonetheless, if President Trump takes any action against Iran for this act of war, the outcry against him from the Left will be immediate, shrill, and insistent.
“Iranians Charged in Cyber Theft of National Security and Nuclear Information,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, September 16, 2020:
The Department of Justice charged two Iranians on Wednesday with engaging in a wide-ranging state-backed cyber espionage campaign targeting national security intelligence and nuclear information.
The “coordinated cyber intrusion campaign” was conducted by the hackers at the behest of the Iranian government, according to the DOJ. The hackers “stole hundreds of terabytes of data, which typically included confidential communications pertaining to national security, foreign policy intelligence, non-military nuclear information, aerospace data, human rights activist information, victim financial information and personally identifiable information, and intellectual property, including unpublished scientific research,” according to the indictment.
The Iranian government was particularly interested in obtaining information on dissidents and human rights activists who oppose the hardline regime….
The hacking operations targeted computers located in New Jersey and other U.S. states, as well as Europe and the Middle East. The hacks started around 2013 and included American universities, an unnamed D.C.-based think tank, a defense contractor, an aerospace company, and several nongovernmental organizations….
jimmy says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=iBGXLsxVAOw&feature=emb_logo
Lightship Chaplain says
Yeah, anything which helps tp preserve our national security and western cultural the left cry’s fowl. I don’t want to be like a South African culture, thank you very much! But many haven’t a clue!
curious george says
Hmmmm, in all probability with the help of the CHI-COMS (Chinese Communist Party).
China’s Giant $400 Billion Iran Investment Complicates U.S. Options
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2019/09/19/chinas-giant-400-billion-iran-investment-snubs-trump/#4f90be9984d1
China, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Cuba and, possibly Turkey, are aiding and abetting organizations like, BLM, and Antifa and others in their attempt to take President Trump down and then the United States of America.
The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is a real and present danger to the USA.
gravenimage says
Iranians in US charged in cyber theft of national security and nuclear information at behest of Iranian government
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More spying from Iran.
David says
There definitely needs to be better prevention of hacking! “Come on, man!”(to quote Joe Biden)
mortimer says
Spies doing what spies do. The US should use such people to spy on Iran and send misleading info to the mullahs.
OLD GUY says
You sure it’s not Russia?
As an OLD GUY I don’t understand how you hack a computer. But I would think there should be away to shut down or but a warning up as soon as an attempt to hack your system or information is tried.
If I built a hack prevention program I’d include an optional fire back system that would wipe out the sending computer.
Now that’s a money maker.
Iambob says
Barack Hussein Obama at work again.
Ralph says
Foreign spies stealing US intelligence while in the USA deserve the death penalty, after extended “enhanced interrogation”.