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  • Iranian Defense Ministry via AP

    US cyberattack reportedly knocked out Iran missile control systems

    by 
    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    06.22.2019

    The US may have withheld a physical military response to Iran shooting down a drone, but it might not have shown similar restraint with a digital campaign. Washington Post sources say the President greenlit a long-in-the-making cyberattack that took down Iranian missile control computers on the night of June 20th. The exact impact of the Cyber Command operation isn't clear, but it was described as "crippling" -- Iran couldn't easily recover, one tipster said.