{"id":32651,"date":"2020-01-07T16:45:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/30821\/Iran-Has-Already-Hacked-The-U.S.-At-Least-Four-Times-And-Could-Do-It-Again.html"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:45:47","slug":"iran-has-already-hacked-the-u-s-at-least-four-times-and-could-do-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/iran-has-already-hacked-the-u-s-at-least-four-times-and-could-do-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Has Already Hacked The U.S. At Least Four Times And Could Do It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2014, Tehran hackers crippled the casinos of outspoken billionaire conservative and big-time President Trump donor Sheldon Adelson after he suggested the U.S. nuke Iran.<\/p>\n

Now, in the wake of Trump\u2019s decision to assassinate the man widely seen as the country\u2019s second most powerful leader, experts fear Iran is set to retaliate once again in cyberspace.<\/p>\n

The assassination of General Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike last week has led to an outpouring of grief<\/a> and dire warnings of \u201cforceful revenge\u201d<\/a> from Tehran.<\/p>\n

Iran knows that it cannot stand toe-to-toe with the U.S. when it comes to military might, but Tehran has a long history of successfully attacking American targets in cyberspace and has spent the last decade honing its skills and making preparations for a major cyberattack against critical U.S. infrastructure.<\/p>\n

“They probe American infrastructure routinely, so if they’d make up their mind that this is what they want to do, they could do something,” James Lewis, senior vice president and director of the technology policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told VICE News. \u201cThey will look for vulnerable targets, that will be the smaller agencies the smaller companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s decision to boost its cyber capabilities was sparked by the Stuxnet attack on its Natanz uranium enrichment facility in 2007, an attack jointly conducted by the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n

The sophisticated malware infected the plant\u2019s control systems forcing up to 1,000 of its centrifuges to spin out of control, hindering the ability to produce uranium for weapons.<\/p>\n

Since then Iran\u2019s government has put significant resources into developing its own cyber army, who have shown themselves to be innovative and adept at conducting campaigns across the globe<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s where they\u2019ve struck the U.S. before:<\/p>\n