Iran Recruits Online Talent For Quick Cyber Strikes (axios.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Iran recruits heavily from online security forums to staff suddenly-launched hacking campaigns, according to new research by Recorded Future. The report comes a day after security experts expressed fears Iran may retaliate against the United States for withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. As a Recorded Future official said yesterday -- albeit without the detail of the report -- if emergency hiring leads Tehran to hire amateurs, they may be less amenable to government control.

Recorded Future based its conclusions on discussions with a well-placed source in the Iranian hacker community and analysis of Iranian security forums. Iran operates a tiered system for cyber attacks, where government employees choose targets and contract private firms, including universities acting as contractors, to do the dirty work.

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Re:Great! More excuse!

[ShanghaiBill]

You are saying that Trump undid what Obama did. This is wrong. The unwinding of the deal puts America in a far worse position than we started in.

When the Iranians seized the American embassy in 1979, the US seized Iranian financial assets in America. There was never any question that the money belonged to Iran, and would be returned someday when relations improved. By 2017, these assets were worth $50B, and the money was returned to Iran as part of the nuke deal. Getting that money back was a major incentive for Iran to sign the deal.

So, now that America has reneged, is Iran going to send the money back? Absolutely not.

Trump has FAR less leverage for negotiating than Obama did. In addition to the money issue, the other signatories (China, Russia, Germany, Britain, France) are not reneging, and will not reimpose sanctions. So trade deals that could have gone to America will go elsewhere. Iranian Airlines will buy from Airbus, not Boeing, etc.

So even if you think Obama's deal was terrible, reneging on it, and having NO AGREEMENT and NO LEVERAGE, just makes the situation even worse.

Re:Great! More excuse!

[jwhyche]

Wrong again, but I see what you are grousing about. You are making noises about that silly Iran "agreement" that Obama made. Well you should probably do a little research before getting worked up. Iran never signed that "agreement." In fact, there was no "agreement." It was just Obama trying to be a hero and do a end run around Congress. The US never signed it ether. It was a non binding agreement, it was legally, literally worth less than the paper it was printed on.

A little advice. You seem to be really smart sometimes but you let your TDS blind you. You should do a little more research with your eyes completely opened. Do your research a little more like this. Don't look at a issue with a small narrow time frame. Look at the whole picture and spread it over several years. Then actually take the time to read up on a subject.

There, I hope this helps.