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Iranian hackers' targeting of US critical infrastructure has escalated since start of war, US says
April 7, 2026
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By AJ VicensApril 7 (Reuters) - Iranian hacking campaigns targeting equipmentused across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors are escalating in response to hostilities, U.S. cybersecurity, law enforcement and intelligence agencies said on Tuesday.The hackers are targeting publicly exposed programmable logic controllers and supervisory control and data acquisition displays, according to the advisory.
The targeted devices are used to interact with or control certain critical infrastructure-related equipment and systems, the advisory said.
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