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US official: Iran responsible for cyberattack at NY dam in 2013
2016-03-12
[IsraelTimes] Indictment expected in hacking of dam used for flood control about 20 miles north of New York City
The mills of Justice grinding slowly... Does this kind of thing count as an act of war?
A probe by the Justice Department has determined that Iran was responsible for a 2013 cyber attack on a dam in the suburbs outside of New York City, and an indictment is expected soon, a US official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named Thursday.

The official, who was briefed on the investigation, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing criminal investigation.

In 2013, hackers accessed the control system at the Bowman Avenue Dam, a small structure in Rye Brook, about 20 miles north of New York City, that’s used for flood control.

The intrusion allowed the hackers to probe the system, prompting a federal investigation.

The official told the AP that Sherlocks have determined Iran was responsible for the cyberattack and that an indictment is expected to be handed down in the case from the US attorney’s office in Manhattan. It wasn’t clear whether the indictment would charge specific people within the Iranian government or publicly name Iran as being behind the attack. A formal announcement was expected to be made as soon as mid-April, the official said.

Officials in Rye said in December that they had been alerted by the US Department of Homeland Security about unauthorized access to the city’s computer system.

At a news briefing Thursday, State Department front man Mark Toner declined to specifically comment on the prospects that Iran would be charged in the cyberattack, but said: "I would say broadly that we obviously take all, seriously all such malicious activity in cyberspace. We’re going to continue to use all the tools at our disposal to deter, detect, counter and mitigate that kind of activity."

A front man for the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
 did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Hey - I got an idea - let's give em 150 billion dollars and the ability to construct nuclear weapons. Who's with me!
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2016-03-12 15:31  

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