Last month Iranian-American Siamak Namazi was arrested in Iran, in a move viewed by hard-liners as pushing back against the potentially opening of the country as economic sanctions being lifting next year: Namazi is the fourth Iranian-American to have been arrested since the signing of the nuclear dismantlement deal. Now reports are emerging of a sharp jump in 'military hacking' of specific US individuals by hackers believed to be from one of the Iranian Fortune units. Revolutionary Guard magazine quotes sources who suggest one reason for this is that Iran is looking to build an espionage case against Namazi and the three other individuals. These cyber attacks come at a sensitive juncture for US-Iran relations, as the US looks for greater cooperation between the two nations, and ignites concern that hard-line factions within the regime have not moderated their hostility towards Washington.
Last month Iranian-American Siamak Namazi was arrested in Iran, in a move viewed by hard-liners as pushing back against the potentially opening of the country as economic sanctions being lifting next year: Namazi is the fourth Iranian-American to have been arrested since the signing of the nuclear dismantlement deal. Now reports are emerging of a sharp jump in 'military hacking' of specific US individuals by hackers believed to be from one of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard units. Fortune magazine quotes sources who suggest one reason for this is that Iran is looking to build an espionage case against Namazi and the three other individuals. These cyber attacks come at a sensitive juncture for US-Iran relations, as the US looks for greater cooperation between the two nations, and ignites concern that hard-line factions within the regime have not moderated their hostility towards Washington.