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On Saturday, US and Israeli jets began bombing Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several government officials. The attack also affected military and civilian forces across the country, including school for girlswhere at least 168 children and adults were killed.
After several days of fighting, several reports, as well as statements from government officials, show that cyber operations played an important role in the beginning of the war. This shows that today, hacking can be an important part of international conflicts and wars, supporting kinetic strikes and providing intelligence from surveillance activities, as well as being used as part of psychological operations, or psyops.
A direct confirmation of the role cyber plays in the war came from the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, who said that “the cyber operations space disrupted communications and sensor networks” in Iran ahead of the attack, “leaving the adversary without visibility, coordination or effective response.”
Purpose, Caine he said at a press conferenceit was to “confuse, distract and confuse the enemy.”
In another example of joint kinetic-cyber operations, Israel first bombed the two-channel offices of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
The Israeli military has hijacked broadcasts of speeches by Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging Iranians to join the fight against the regime. according to The Jerusalem Post. A similar hack against one of the methods it happened in January.
As part of the operation to assassinate Khamenei, Israeli spies reportedly used surveillance camera data in Tehran, according to the Financial Times. Citing two anonymous sources, the newspaper said that Israel had access to cameras for years, as well as “high penetration mobile phones.”
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There have also been cases of cyber attacks that appear to be the work of American or Israeli government agents.
According to more reportson the first day of the war, hackers hacked a popular Iranian prayer program called BadeSaba Calendar, sending a few messages to all users.
“For the freedom of our Iranian brothers and sisters, this is a call to all oppressive groups – lay down your arms or join the armed forces,” read one message. “This is the only way you can save your lives. For a free Iran.”
The message made it clear that this was a psychological operation with the intention of promoting those who would be acceptable above the rest of the population.
In response to this, for now, Iranian hackers are not idle, according to Bloomberg. It is currently unclear why the Iranian government hackers have remained silent. Perhaps, an expert told Bloomberg, the fact that the Internet is effectively blocked inside the country could be the reason.
It is important to note that while this may be true, he may not have played a major role in the war, which is understandable since the war is about bombing. There may also be a tendency on the part of government officials themselves to exaggerate the effects of cyber operations as a way to intimidate and intimidate the adversary.
This appears to have happened in Venezuela earlier this year, when US officials, including Trump himself, he encouraged US terrorists shut down the electricity in Caracas during the coup attempt against President Nicolás Maduro. But, as Cyberscoop analysis reportedit is very likely that cyber operations played a small role, and it is very likely that some of the outages were caused by warplanes destroying electrical systems.
