Iran And Linkedin: Using This Social Career Site As An Entry Point To Critical Infrastructure Attacks

摘要

U.S. foreign policy operatives are nearly universal in the doctrinal view that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. Iran is considered hostile to the West and nukes in the hands of religious fanatics and terrorism supporters put the world in extreme danger. For nearly a decade, cyber operations have been conducted (in addition to traditional spycraft, diplomacy, and the entire foreign policy kitbag of tricks) to prevent Iran from obtaining working nuclear weapons. The most famous of these operations was Stuxnet, which corrupted the operation of centrifuges, destabilizing them, and causing them to physically fail.