NSFOCUS
The geopolitical confrontation between Iran and Israel has a long history. In recent years, as the competition between the two countries in the military, nuclear energy and diplomatic fields has been escalating. On June 13, 2025, the IDF launched a large-scale military operation against Iran. Marked by Israeli air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and military sites and Iran firing missile salvos,
the pro-Israel hacker group “Predatory Sparrow” launched a cyber attack on Iran’s Sepah Bank. The conflict between Iran and Israel has rapidly expanded to cyberspace, and a covert cyber war is quietly opening.
According to NSFOCUS Fuying Lab, since 2025, hacker groups have launched cyber attacks against Iran and Israel continuously. On June 10, 2025, three days before the IDF launched a large-scale strike on dozens of nuclear facilities, military bases and key infrastructure in Iran and targeted several senior commanders,
there was a peak in cyber attacks against Iran. These cyberattacks against Iran covered multiple key areas such as financial services, media production sectors, and the Internet and telecommunications sectors. The timing indicates a strong sense of reconnaissance and pre-attack before large-scale operations.
The pro-Iranian hacker group’s attacks on Israel peaked on June 16, the day after the Israeli military’s “massive strike” against multiple Iranian weapons production sites, including surface-to-surface missile production sites, detection radar bases and surface-to-air missile launchers in Tehran. The targets of attack were mainly concentrated in the Israeli government and public sector, national defense,
aerospace, education and other industries. In terms of the distribution of attack time, the surge in cyber attacks by pro-Iranian hacker groups on Israel followed the IDF’s large-scale military operations against Iran. This series of attacks strongly implicates Iran’s “cyber counterattack” against Israel.
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