As they trade missile strikes, Iran and Israel have also faced heavy waves of cyberattacks this past week.
On June 13, Israel initiated a military offensive it called "Operation Rising Lion," aimed at crippling Iran's nuclear weapons program. The two countries' covert war has become overt since then, shifting power in the region and causing dozens of civilian deaths in Israel and hundreds in Iran along the way.
As expected, hacktivists have flocked to the scene like vultures. Analysts are now tracking more than 100 different threat actors carrying out, or at least claiming to carry out, cyberattacks against either Iran or, more often, Israel.
Iran, though, is the one implementing especially austere measures to protect its cyberspace. According to reports coming out of the country, the government has triggered a kind of cyber DEFCON 1 for government systems and employees, and imposed limitations on Internet and phone connectivity for citizens.
Iran Shuts Down the Internet
Iran's government and government-aligned media have indicated in recent days that the country is facing significant cyber threats coming from Israel.
Earlier this week, the state-sponsored Mehr News Agency published an announcement from the country's Cyber Security Command. Officials claimed that "the Zionist regime has launched a massive cyber war against the country's digital infrastructure," and that "so far, many of these attacks have been successfully repelled and in other cases, technical teams are restoring services."
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