Did Iran’s Cyber-Army Hack Into the IAEA’s computers?

Hack Attack

Amateur hackers or Iranian pros? Eli Lake says recent cyber-attacks on the IAEA might be more than pranks.

Published Dec. 5 2012 3:05PM EST

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The latest hack against the computer servers of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that culminated with the posting of a smattering of blueprints, charts, and other data online in late November could be a bunch of kids on the Internet having fun, as is often the case with many...

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Did Iran’s Cyber-Army Hack Into the IAEA’s computers?

Amateur hackers or Iranian pros? Eli Lake says recent cyber-attacks on the IAEA might be more than pranks.

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