Iranian hackers have laid the foundation for cyberattacks aimed at U.S. companies and infrastructure, as well as other countries in Europe and the Middle East, say U.S. officials.
According to an NBC News report, the officials say that Iran has positioned cyber weapons to attack water plants and electrical grids along with technology and health care companies.
While officials were careful to explain that no specific attack is expected at this time, there is evidence that Iran could be gearing up launch a cyber offensive against the U.S. and other countries in the future, an outlook backed up by recent remarks from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
“The warning lights are blinking red again,” Coats said last week. “Today the digital infrastructure that serves the country is literally under attack.”
Coats said he believes Russia to be the biggest threat to U.S. digital systems, but he also named Iran as well as China and North Korea as other potential adversaries. – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization told a press conference Monday that Israel is guilty of theft … of precipitation.
“Foreign interference is suspected to have played a role in climate change,” Jalali said, according to the ISNA news agency.
Jalali insists a scientific study by Iran can “confirm” the claim.
“Israel and another country in the region have joint teams which work to ensure clouds entering Iranian skies are unable to release rain,” he said.
There’s no word on whether reporters were able to keep a straight face at the time, but if they were, they had to have lost it over Jalali’s next allegation.
“On top of that, we are facing the issue of cloud and snow theft,” Jalali added. To prove it, skeptics need look no further than a survey that showed all mountainous areas above 7,200 feet between Afghanistan and the Mediterranean are covered in snow … except Iran.- READ MORE
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