Cyber-wrath of Iran for top general's assassination hasn't progressed beyond snooping and nicking logins... yet

Cyber-wrath of Iran for top general's assassination hasn't progressed beyond snooping and nicking logins... yet

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The Iranian cybercrime group that was expected to spearhead the rogue Middle East nation's revenge for the US assassination of General Qasem Soleimani has quite the arsenal at its digital fingertips.


Infosec researchers from Secureworks said the state-sponsored phacker crew - dubbed Cobalt Ulster - has "destructive and disruptive cyber capabilities" at its disposal which it targets against Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.


Yet after Soleimani was killed in an American drone strike in January, the hackers kept quiet instead of unleashing a visible campaign of retribution.


The Iranian general, a member of the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was credited by informed observers in the West with playing a key role in ensuring unstable regions ..

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