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How Big a Threat Are Iranian-Backed Cyberattacks?

  • Sue Halpern--The New Yorker
  • published date: 2026-04-24 10:00:00 UTC

A recent CISA advisory was a blunt reminder that, in the digital age, the battlefield has expanded to encompass the geography of everyday life. Sue Halpern writes.

To be clear, in this country, this is still the stuff of B-list thrillers. As Alex K. Jones, who chairs the department of electrical engineering and computer science at Syracuse University, told me, … [+4588 chars]