Compromiseseverity: Critical2022-06-27
Predatory Sparrow caused fire at Iran's Khouzestan steel mill
published by WIRED
Actor
Pro-Israel hacktivist persona widely assessed by researchers and Israeli media as linked to Israeli military intelligence, though no government has publicly confirmed the relationship. Has claimed re…
Summary
Predatory Sparrow (Gonjeshke Darande) claimed responsibility for a cyber-physical attack at Iran's Khouzestan Steel Company that caused a major industrial fire. The group released internal CCTV footage from inside the mill showing the moment a vat of molten metal overflowed onto the factory floor, sparking the blaze — among the most consequential public cyber-physical attacks attributed to any actor outside the Sandworm Industroyer / Ukrainian power-grid lineage.
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cyber-physicalicsirandestructive