U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Space Command carried out coordinated cyber and space operations that disrupted Iranian communications and sensor networks to support Operation Epic Fury. The efforts helped enable a joint U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign that reportedly killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials, with follow-on hacks and thwarted attacks raising concerns about potential Iranian retaliation. #USCyberCommand #OperationEpicFury
Keypoints
- U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Space Command disrupted Iranian communications and sensor networks to impair command and control.
- Those non-kinetic effects supported Operation Epic Fury, a joint U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign that reportedly killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other leaders.
- Recorded Future reported that Cyber Command previously disrupted Iranian missile defense systems to enable strikes on nuclear sites.
- Israeli digital forces were reported to have hacked news websites and a religious calendar app to disseminate messages urging defections.
- Officials warned of possible Iranian or proxy cyber retaliation while Jordan said it thwarted an Iranian cyberattack on wheat storage systems.
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