2013-02-09

**UPDATE*** 2/9/13 – Cyber War Zone has confirmed that their article was just a scenario, and DID NOT really happen.

Unknown hackers have infiltrated Iranian Command and Control systems and successfully launched multiple Fajr-5 missiles at the Iran capitol, Tehran according to a Cyber War Zone post:

“Unknown hackers achieved to break in to the C&C center of the Iranian forces. The still unknown hackers initiated an missile attack on the Iranian main capital Tehran. The Iranian army responded fast and intercepted the missiles before they could hit Tehran.”

If this report is accurate, this is HUGE news for the cyberwar field. Most cyber attacks are irritating, but mostly harmless. The ability to hack into a foreign country’s military command, re-task rockets to target a local city and then launch them is down right scary.

read more.......http://cyberarms.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/iranian-military-cc-allegedly-hacked-and-launched-rockets-at-tehran/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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