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by scottLobster 1693 days ago
So who then? Parent stated it as if it was obvious. The only remaining Iranian enemy I can see with a "world class highly sophisticated cyber warfare capability" is Israel, and I'm not sure what they accomplish strategically by breaking some Iranian gas stations.

All of Iran's other rivals in the middle east are lacking in said capabilities, and China and Russia tacitly support Iran.
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ramesh31 1693 days ago
> I'm not sure what they accomplish strategically by breaking some Iranian gas stations.

These are most likely just trial probing runs. Iranian gas stations use government networks for payments using a card issued to citizens for the subsidy. It's just a hop skip and a jump from there to critical military and other strategic infrastructure.

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scottLobster 1693 days ago
Seems rather poor strategy to tip your hand in such a big way for a probing run. With a crisis this large the Iranian authorities HAVE to respond, and could possibly plug whatever holes are being exploited.

Stuxnet worked because it was subtle. This doesn't fit that pattern at all. Granted it could be a probing-run gone wrong.

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yyyk 1693 days ago
Two weeks ago an Israeli hospital was hit by ransomware:

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/hillel-yaffe-hospital-ta...

Assuming a particular attribution, it wouldn't be fantasy to assume this is payback. Or it could be anything else. For all we know, the regime has a fuel shortage and wants to cover it up with a 'cyber attack'.

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