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Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

44 points by johnbarron 7mo ago

johnbarron 7mo ago
"...Attacks on those companies would begin from 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, Tehran time (12:30 p.m. EDT), the IRGC said in a post on Telegram translated by Google, warning employees at those companies to leave workplaces immediately to protect their lives... The list of companies also featured Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, IBM, Dell, Palantir, JP Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solutions, Boeing and UAE-based AI company G42. ..."
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- 3abiton 7mo ago
  There is a possibility the IRGC are trolling, given it's April's Fool today.
  - kridsdale1 7mo ago
    I guess this is supposed to be funny but I wouldn’t take that chance.
  - johnbarron 7mo ago
    Kill they Supreme leader and 40 other leaders, destroy their Navy and Airforce and give them 30 days of B1 and B2 night and day bombings, and they decide it still worth it to joke on Aprils Fools ? :-) I have to give to them...
risc_taker 7mo ago
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sp3ktrum 7mo ago
Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Instead of flinging bombs and missiles, take out their knees with some cable cutters.
- tonyedgecombe 7mo ago
  Because they have already done that themselves.
- zrn900 7mo ago
  > Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps. Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.
  - throwawayqqq11 7mo ago
    Iran is sanctioned for so long now, they had no other choice than to become as independent as possible. Cutting communications hinders iran less then outsiders trying to spark a revolution. I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too. > litteral arrogance True.
    - neonstatic 7mo ago
      > I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too. They have that for the same reason they always have a military, even if it's 100 years behind anyone else's - to keep the populace in check. A T-55 might be completely obsolete against a cheap FPV drone, but it's still a formidable weapon against a crowd of unarmed people.
  - sp3ktrum 7mo ago
    Not sure how that determines "Literal arrogance...". My assumption, perhaps naive, is that Iran had connections to the outside world from which the hacking was taking place. Are the Iranian hackers not within Iran?
    - nomel 7mo ago
      You can buy access to compromised computers anywhere in the world. This would require cutting off any path to anywhere in the world, since the person performing the attacks can also be anywhere in the world. The US isolating itself from the rest of the world isn't financially feasible.
sva_ 7mo ago
So they mean to strike those companies with a presence in the middle east? Surely they don't think they can hit US mainland?
- belter 7mo ago
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- zardo 7mo ago
  Yes, they certainly mean they will attack those companies facilities in the region.
crvdgc 7mo ago
Sovereign AI adds another layer of meaning now that sovereignties are at war.
bumblehean 7mo ago
AWS me-south-1 got hit (again) earlier today.
- johnbarron 7mo ago
  "Amazon waives entire month’s AWS charges after Iranian drone attack" - https://www.networkworld.com/article/4151880/amazon-waives-entire-months-aws-charges-after-iranian-drone-attack.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/4151880/amazon-waives-e...
ChrisArchitect 7mo ago
[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591208

44 points by johnbarron 7mo ago

"...Attacks on those companies would begin from 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, Tehran time (12:30 p.m. EDT), the IRGC said in a post on Telegram translated by Google, warning employees at those companies to leave workplaces immediately to protect their lives... The list of companies also featured Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, IBM, Dell, Palantir, JP Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solutions, Boeing and UAE-based AI company G42. ..."

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3abiton 7mo ago
There is a possibility the IRGC are trolling, given it's April's Fool today.
- kridsdale1 7mo ago
  I guess this is supposed to be funny but I wouldn’t take that chance.
- johnbarron 7mo ago
  Kill they Supreme leader and 40 other leaders, destroy their Navy and Airforce and give them 30 days of B1 and B2 night and day bombings, and they decide it still worth it to joke on Aprils Fools ? :-) I have to give to them...

risc_taker 7mo ago

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sp3ktrum 7mo ago

Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Instead of flinging bombs and missiles, take out their knees with some cable cutters.

tonyedgecombe 7mo ago
Because they have already done that themselves.
zrn900 7mo ago
> Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps. Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.
- throwawayqqq11 7mo ago
  Iran is sanctioned for so long now, they had no other choice than to become as independent as possible. Cutting communications hinders iran less then outsiders trying to spark a revolution. I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too. > litteral arrogance True.
  - neonstatic 7mo ago
    > I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too. They have that for the same reason they always have a military, even if it's 100 years behind anyone else's - to keep the populace in check. A T-55 might be completely obsolete against a cheap FPV drone, but it's still a formidable weapon against a crowd of unarmed people.
- sp3ktrum 7mo ago
  Not sure how that determines "Literal arrogance...". My assumption, perhaps naive, is that Iran had connections to the outside world from which the hacking was taking place. Are the Iranian hackers not within Iran?
  - nomel 7mo ago
    You can buy access to compromised computers anywhere in the world. This would require cutting off any path to anywhere in the world, since the person performing the attacks can also be anywhere in the world. The US isolating itself from the rest of the world isn't financially feasible.

sva_ 7mo ago

So they mean to strike those companies with a presence in the middle east? Surely they don't think they can hit US mainland?

belter 7mo ago
[dead]
zardo 7mo ago
Yes, they certainly mean they will attack those companies facilities in the region.

crvdgc 7mo ago

Sovereign AI adds another layer of meaning now that sovereignties are at war.

bumblehean 7mo ago

AWS me-south-1 got hit (again) earlier today.

johnbarron 7mo ago
"Amazon waives entire month’s AWS charges after Iranian drone attack" - https://www.networkworld.com/article/4151880/amazon-waives-entire-months-aws-charges-after-iranian-drone-attack.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/4151880/amazon-waives-e...

ChrisArchitect 7mo ago

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591208