Cyber Command disrupted Iranian comms, sensors, top general says
2026-03-04T22:44:37Z•2db2ff589b5b1312d8ad52bfb748bc608761204ffbb22cbd30c42c25961ed20e
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What happened
Multiple security incidents and advisories: U.S. Cyber Command reportedly conducted online attacks against Iranian communications and sensors, which Iran’s top general says helped enable a joint bombing campaign with Israel (geopolitical cyber operations escalating to kinetic effects). The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center confirmed a ransomware-driven data breach exposing participant data from the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study, including driver’s license numbers and voter registration records. Cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf attributed a last-year espionage campaign targeting government and
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