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2024-02-17 Arabia
US conducted cyberattack on suspected Iranian spy ship — report
[IsraelTimes] NBC News says operation was aimed at inhibiting vessel’s ability to relay intelligence to Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...

The United States conducted a cyberattack recently against an Iranian military ship in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that had been collecting intelligence on cargo vessels, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing three US officials.

The cyberattack took place a week ago as part of a government response to a drone attack by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq that killed three US service members in Jordan late last month and maimed dozens of others, the report said.

NBC reported that the operation was intended to inhibit the ship’s ability to share intelligence with Houthi hard boyz in Yemen.

The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, have launched a wave of exploding drones and missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in recent weeks, calling it a response to Israel’s military operations in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
against Hamas
...always the voice of sweet reason...
and a show of solidarity with Paleostinians.

The attacks have slowed trade between Asia and Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and raised fears of supply bottlenecks.

The White House National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the NBC News report.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [43 views ]  Top
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#1 This is an intriguing report. I think, but don't know for certain, that it admits a new weapon of war has been introduced.
Posted by Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-02-17 08:34||   2024-02-17 08:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Why is that vessel still above water?
Posted by Snoluting Thaing6390 2024-02-17 08:34||   2024-02-17 08:34|| Front Page Top

#3 If the cyberattack caused any of the gear on the spy boat to self-destruct, it's a floating junkyard anyway. You only need to sink ships that can shoot back.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-17 08:36||   2024-02-17 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 inhibiting vessel’s ability to relay intelligence

So, a wifi jammer.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-17 11:16||   2024-02-17 11:16|| Front Page Top

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