U.S. authorities are reportedly preparing to issue an indictment against Iranian hackers believed to have carried out a cyberattack against a New York dam. The attack, first discovered by security researcher Brian Wallace, was a defining moment in the brewing cyber tensions between the U.S. and Iran, as it was the first reported a series of cyber attacks attributed to Iran.
The breach of the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, N.Y., was not a high-level attack. However, it represents the first reported intrusion against U.S. critical infrastructure, a threat that U.S. officials are not eager to see repeated. The attack also punctured the confidence of critical infrastructure executives. A year ago, 61 percent of critical infrastructure executives projected that their organizations could spot a cyber attack within 24 hours.
In recent years, Iran has toiled to improve its cyber capabilities, spurred initially by the U.S. and Israel’s joint attacks against the Iranian nuclear program through Stuxnet and the Flame malware.
The U.S. reportedly developed an arsenal of cyberattacks to use against Iran in case talks to dismantle the nuclear program did not materialize. For the full article click here
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