Iran Hackers Get Access to NY Dam

An Iranian hactivist group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that gave it access to the control system for a dam in the suburbs of New York — an intrusion that one official said may be "just the tip of the iceberg." The group, SOBH Cyber Jihad, sent a message through another Iran-linked hacker outfit, Parastoo, promising that it would release the technical information that proves it was behind the 2013 breach, according to Flashpoint Intelligence.

The hackers claimed they kept quiet about the attack for two years because of a "state-level" warning not to go public with it "for the greater good." Only after the Wall Street Journal reported on the attacks did SOBH Cyber Jihad decided to take credit for the operation against the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, N.Y., just north of New York City. The attacker obtained access to the dam's control system on six different occasions. Leo Taddeo, former special agent in charge of the Cyber Division of the New York FBI, said that even though Bowman Avenue Dam doesn't seem like a prime target, "we would be very, very concerned about any foreign attempt to affect a component of our critical infrastructure. If they could have accessed the Hoover Dam without being detected, I think they would have done that," he said.



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