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US hospitals and essential infrastructure are reportedly on alert, anticipating Iran-backed cyberattacks in response to the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.  In the days since the 21 June strikes, the US power grid’s cyberthreat-sharing monitor has reportedly begun monitoring the dark web for signs of Iranian activity, and hospital executives have been briefed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

While Iran and Israel are abiding by a shaky ceasefire agreement, experts have w

Politically-motivated hackers from all over the world have leapt into the escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.  Hacktivists are using tactics similar to what was seen at the beginning of the Ukraine-Russia war: leaking stolen documents and launching distributed denial-of-service and defacement attacks on government websites, media outlets, and critical infrastructure.[1]

The recent surge in hacktivism comes on the heels of the Red Cross issuing ethical guidelines f