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Cyberattacks hit water facilities in seven states across the US (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Mariella Moon | tags: fbi, programmable logic controllers, water facilities

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Why etymologies matter: How tracing words can illuminate history (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Benjamin Breen | tags: farsi, indo-european, div

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Hackers Targeted Municipal Water Systems In 7 States This Week, FBI Says (slashdot.org)

2026-07-31 | tags: fbi, water infrastructure, municipal water systems

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US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-23 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: iranian hackers, industrial control systems, rockwell automation

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Trump Says Images of the Iranian Elementary School His Lackeys Obliterated Could Be “AI Generated” (futurism.com)

2026-07-23 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: iranian school, tomahawk missiles, forensic architecture

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US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: boats, drone, drone boats

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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-14 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: abused, campaign, government

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Tech sell-off, Iranian oil sales, Target's crisis of confidence and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-06-23 | by Alex Harring | get Smartphone Screen Cleaning Kit → | tags: spacex, iranian oil, us treasury

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How it feels to practice for IOAI in Iran (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | tags: iran olympiad, ai olympiad, iranian students

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For Iran’s Athletes, There Is No Separating Sports From Politics (wired.com)

2026-06-17 | by Tamara Davison | get Olympic Sports & Politics Book → | tags: iran national soccer team, 2026 world cup, iranian athletes

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YouTube Appears to Be Making Money Off of Sanctioned Iranians’ Accounts (wired.com)

2026-06-11 | by David Gilbert | get YouTube Premium Subscription → | tags: channels, iran, iranian

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Cheap Iranian drone downed $25M US Army helicopter–maybe by chance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-11 | get Drone Detection System → | tags: drone, drones, iran

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Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chance (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-10 | get Drone Detection System → | tags: drone, drones, iran

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U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by Iranian ransomware actors (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-03 | get Crypto Security Hardware Wallet → | tags: nobitex, iranian cryptocurrency, irgc

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Hackers Used Meta's AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | get Meta AI Support Bot Guide → | tags: meta, instagram, ai support bot

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Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts (krebsonsecurity.com)

2026-06-01 | get Meta AI Support Bot → | tags: meta, instagram, ai support bot

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Pentagon Says US Military Personnel Targeted Using Commercial Location Data (slashdot.org)

2026-05-31 | by Posted | get GPS Tracking Device → | tags: google location data, u.s. central command, iranian military

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AI-Generated Film About Iranian Protest Violence Heads to Tribeca Film Festival (cnet.com)

2026-05-29 | by See Full Bio | tags: iranian protest, ai filmmaking, fountain 0

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Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout (wired.com)

2026-05-26 | by Matt Burgess | get Portable Wi-Fi Router → | tags: iran, internet blackout, iranian networks

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Iranian hackers blamed for breach of Los Angeles transit system that took weeks to recover (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-26 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: lacmta, gambit security, iranian hackers

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The US Can Put People on the Moon. Why Can’t It Get Iranians Online? (wired.com)

2026-05-26 | by Katie Drummond | get VPN Proxy for Iran → | tags: iranian regime, washington post, internet blackout

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Spotify’s recent sudden downtime may have been political payback, not just a routine outage (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-18 | get Spotify Premium Gift Card → | tags: spotify, ddos attack, 313 team

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Iran Now Threatens Fees for Subsea Internet Cables in the Strait of Hormuz (slashdot.org)

2026-05-18 | by Posted | get Undersea Cable Security Kit → | tags: subsea internet cables, strait of hormuz, iranian law

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Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz (wired.com)

2026-05-12 | by Vincenzo Leone | get Remote-Controlled Boat Model → | tags: iran, strait of hormuz, mosquito fleet

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IRGC-linked media outlines plan to tax and control undersea internet cables in the Hormuz Strait — Iran's mouthpiece calls for a cut of $10 trillion of transactions that pulse through the cables daily (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Mark Tyson | get Undersea Cable Security Kit → | tags: cables, internet, iran

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Trump pressures Iran to end the war: ‘bombing starts’ if no deal is made (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | tags: iran, u.s. proposals, strait of hormuz

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U.S. tests the Iran war’s fragile ceasefire by attempting to open the Strait of Hormuz (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-05 | get Maritime Navigation Safety Kit → | tags: iran, strait of hormuz, u.s. military

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'Heartbreaking': Iranian scientists on losing labs, libraries and liberty (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-04 | by Catanzaro | get Science Lab Safety Kit → | tags: sharif university of technology, pasteur institute iran, iranian red crescent

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Clandestine network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Starlink Satellite Kit → | tags: starlink, iran, clandestine network

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Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-01 | get Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS → | tags: ubuntu, canonical, ddos