(Washington Post) Joby Warrick and Ellen Nakashima - On May 9, shipping traffic at Iran's Shahid Rajaee port terminal came to an abrupt halt as computers that regulate the flow of vessels, trucks and goods all crashed at once. U.S. officials say the port was the victim of a substantial cyberattack that appears to have originated with Israel. The attack was presumably in retaliation for an April 24 Iranian attempt to penetrate computers that operate rural water distribution systems in Israel.
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