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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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  1. Re:I've got a bad feeling about this by lsllll · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't disillusion yourself into thinking this is all Trump. There are strings pulled above him by Israel's Yahoo and Bolton.

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    Is that a roll of dimes in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
  2. Re:Great! More excuse! by sexconker · · Score: 1, Troll

    He seems to think that the U.S. can stand alone in the world and survive. He, of course, is completely wrong.

    Oh, how wrong you are!

    The rest of the world couldn't even feed itself if the US closed itself off. They'd destroy themselves in war in a heartbeat.

  3. Re:Great! More excuse! by Rick+Schumann · · Score: 1, Troll

    Bullshit. He was advised by other signatories to NOT to back out of it, and by the way how does it make the U.S. look to the rest of the world when we can't be bothered AS A COUNTRY to stand by our agreements regardless of having a narcissist with Tourette's in the Whitehouse? All he's doing is peeing all over everything he can so it stinks like he does so he can satisfy his ego and 'make his mark on history', which by the way will be as the WORST POTUS in our history -- assuming there's even a country left when he's finally run out of Washington on a rail.