Beyond bombs: cyber and information operations targeting Iran’s regime

(Justin Bassi and James Corera – ASPI The Strategist) US-Israeli airstrikes may dominate the footage from Tehran, but a decisive contest is also unfolding in code: a live demonstration of how modern coercion targets a state’s digital nervous system as deliberately as its physical assets. This is not cyber replacing kinetic force. It is cyber fused with kinetic force—an integrated assault on a nation’s technology ecosystems. Far beyond just destroying hardware, the objective is to blind sensors, distort information and, critically, appeal to both civilians and commanders. – Beyond bombs: cyber and information operations targeting Iran’s regime | The Strategist