https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/officials-israel-linked-to-a-disruptive-cyberattack-on-iranian-port-facility/2020/05/18/9d1da866-9942-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html
ByJoby Warrick and Ellen Nakashima
The Washington Post
May 18, 2020
On May 9, shipping traffic at Iran’s bustling Shahid Rajaee port terminal came
to an abrupt and inexplicable halt. Computers that regulate the flow of
vessels, trucks and goods all crashed at once, creating massive backups on
waterways and roads leading to the facility.
After waiting a day, Iranian officials acknowledged that an unknown foreign
hacker had briefly knocked the port’s computers offline. Now, more than a week
later, a more complete explanation has come to light: The port was the victim
of a substantial cyberattack that U.S. and foreign government officials say
appears to have originated with Iran’s archenemy, Israel.
The attack, which snarled traffic around the port for days, was carried out by
Israeli operatives, presumably in retaliation for an earlier attempt to
penetrate computers that operate rural water distribution systems in Israel,
according to intelligence and cybersecurity officials familiar with the matter.
A security official with a foreign government that monitored the May 9 incident
called the attack “highly accurate” and said the damage to the Iranian port was
more serious than described in official Iranian accounts.
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