U.S. agencies warn that Iranian state-backed hackers are actively targeting American water and energy industrial control systems, expanding attacks beyond Rockwell products to include Schneider Electric and Siemens, potentially causing outages and unsafe conditions.
Iranian hackers impersonated recruiters to target aviation software engineers in a sophisticated espionage scheme amid the US-Iran conflict. They also targeted US oil and gas firms and organizations in Israel and the UAE, though initial reports suggest no successful breaches of aviation or energy companies.
An Iranian government-linked cyber group called Handala Hack Team has leaked personal details of 2,379 US Marines stationed in the Persian Gulf region. The group published the names on Telegram, claiming the data demonstrates its surveillance capabilities and warning targeted personnel they were under watch. The Pentagon has launched a probe, with US officials confirming at least some of the released names belong to military members.
