Rachel Hirshfeld
israelnationalnews.com
December 31, 2012

Iranian forces have combined cyber warfare tactics and maritime war games in a drill for the first time as the Islamic republic’s naval units staged maneuvers in the Strait of Hormuz, media reports said on Monday.

The navy “launched a cyber attack against the computer network of the defensive forces in order to infiltrate the network and hack information or spread virus,” the English-language Iran daily reported, quoting Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari.

Rastegari said the cyber attack was successfully detected and blocked.

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