SAN FRANCISCO — Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry started 2016 under a cyberattack that took down their central defense and aviation website, which as of Monday evening was still offline.
The cyberattack consisted of a relatively simple DDoS or Denial of Service attack, in which an online service becomes unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic. But the attack, which came amid heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, could portend more sophisticated cyber warfare between the two countries.
“We are waiting for it to happen. It’s not a question of if, but when, these two will launch more sophisticated attacks on each other in the cyber sphere,” said one Jordan-based EU official, who spoke to BuzzFeed News by phone on condition of anonymity. “They both have the ability to conduct sophisticated attacks. They could do a lot of damage to each other, and to other countries which fall into their sphere of influence.” For the full article click here
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