' s ▁power ▁grid , ▁seem ingly ▁per ▁National ▁Security ▁President ial ▁Mem or and um ▁ 1 3 ▁( Se ptember ▁ 2 0 1 8 ). ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁White ▁House ▁National ▁Security ▁Ad vis er ▁John ▁Bol ton ▁announced ▁that ▁U . S . ▁off ensive ▁cy ber ▁operations ▁would ▁be ▁expanded ▁to ▁include ▁" e conom ic ▁cy ber ▁intr us ions ". ▁These ▁comments ▁appear ▁to ▁reference ▁China ' s ▁alleg ed ▁the ft ▁of ▁information ▁and ▁data ▁from ▁U . S . ▁corpor ations . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁President ▁Trump ▁ordered ▁a ▁cy ber ▁attack ▁against ▁Iran ian ▁weapons ▁systems ▁in ▁ret ali ation ▁to ▁the ▁shooting ▁down ▁of ▁a ▁US ▁dr one ▁being ▁in ▁the ▁Stra it ▁of ▁H orm uz ▁and ▁two ▁mine ▁attacks ▁on ▁oil ▁tank ers . ▁The ▁attacks ▁disabled ▁Iran ian ▁computer ▁systems ▁cont rolling ▁its ▁ro cket ▁and ▁miss ile ▁launch ers . ▁Iran ' s ▁Islam ic ▁Revolution ary ▁Guard ▁Corps ▁( IR GC ) ▁was ▁specifically ▁target ed . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Air ▁Force ▁Cy ber ▁Command ▁( Pro vis ional ) ▁ ▁Computer ▁in security ▁ ▁Cy ber ▁sp ying ▁ ▁Cy ber ▁terror ism ▁ ▁Cy ber war fare ▁by ▁Russia ▁ ▁Def ense ▁Information ▁Systems ▁Network ▁ ▁Den ial - of - service ▁attack ▁ ▁Electron ic ▁war fare ▁ ▁Esp ion age ▁ ▁H acker ▁( comput er ▁security ) ▁ ▁i W ar ▁