Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
On Saturday, U.S. and Israeli jets began a bombing campaign against Iran, killing its supreme leader Ali Khamenei and several senior government officials. The attacks also hit military and civilian targets all across the country, including a girls’ school, where at least 168 children and adults were killed.
After a few days of conflict, multiple reports, as well as statements from government officials, suggest that cyber operations played a significant role in the beginning of the war. This shows that in current times, hacking can be an important component of real-world conflicts and war, supporting kinetic strikes and providing intelligence from surveillance activities, as well as being used as part of psychological operations, or psyops.
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