Iran-affiliated hackers remain a potential threat to critical sectors o
f the US economy, including defense contractors and other American
organizations, according to a bulletin published Monday from the FBI, the National Security Ag
ency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Defense Cyber Crime Center.
The bulletin warns that those with relationships with Israeli research and defense firms were particularly at ris
k. Hackers affiliated with the Iranian government and hacktivist or
ganizations routinely target poorly secured US comp
uter networks and internet-connected devices for disruptive cyberattacks, according to the report.
“Over the past
several months, Iranian-aligned hacktivists have increasingly conducted website defacements and leaks of sensitive infor
d. Those groups are likely to increase distributed denial-of-service att
acks against US and Israeli websites “due to rec
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ent events,” according to the statement.
Iranian hackers affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps waged a campaign of cyberattacks betw
een November 2023 and January 2024 during the Israel-Hamas conflic
t, the bulletin says. The attackers included dozens of victims in the US in
waste and wastewater, energy, food and beverage manufacturing and health care.
The warning follows a ceasefire between Iran and Israel that ended 12 days of conflict.