Iran Signals US Tech Firms Could Become Military Targets
Iranian state-linked media named major US tech companies — including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, Oracle, and AWS-linked data centers — as potential targets as conflict with Israel and the US expands into digital infrastructure. The list followed Iranian drone strikes that damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain and statements from IRGC-linked sources saying economic and banking infrastructure linked to the US and Israel may be legitimate targets.
Iran-linked ransomware gang targeted US healthcare org amid military conflict
The incident responders noted that there was no evidence that data was exfiltrated during the intrusion — an unusual development considering U.S. intelligence agencies previously said Pay2Key attacks were largely conducted for information theft.