Emboldened by the attack on the Natanz nuclear facility in 2010 by the United States and Israel with the Stuxnet virus, Iran is hitting America with a wave of cyberattacks that just keep coming.

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And while Iran’s cyber capabilities have long been deemed secondary to the expertise of other nation-states, they’ve made considerable gains in recent years, thanks to their large ecosystem of hackers. From universities to underground tech communities, Iran’s cyber capabilities are on the move, using their newfound digital weapons against the United States.

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Iran’s Cyber assault on America chronicles the origins of the Ayatollah’s “soft war” doctrine calling for cyber warfare and the relentless barrage of attacks now playing out against the United States by Iranian hackers.  In Iran’s Cyber assault on America, Charles Denyer chronicles Iran’s nefarious cyber-attacks against the United States, while also offering his personal perspective on the immense challenges that lie ahead from this growing cyber threat.