Report Says Cyberattacks Originated Inside Iran

Iranian hackers were identified as the source of coordinated attacks against more than 50 targets in 16 countries, many of them corporate and government entities that manage critical energy, transportation and medical services.

Over the course of two years, according to Cylance, a security firm, Iranian hackers managed to steal confidential data from a long list of targets and, in some cases, infiltrated victims’ computer networks to such an extent that they could take over, manipulate or easily destroy data on those machines. Cylance called the attacks “Operation Cleaver” because the word cleaver frequently appeared in the attackers’ malicious code.