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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/11/iran-the-next-cyberthreat/
Iran, the Next Cyberthreat
(Washington Times) Ilan Berman - In recent months, Iran has launched an ambitious $1 billion governmental program to boost its national cybercapabilities. That effort reportedly includes the acquisition of new technologies, major investments in cyberdefense and the creation of a new cadre of cyber experts. The Iranian regime also has activated a "cyberarmy" of activists that has carried out a series of attacks on sites and entities out of favor with the Iranian regime. In his testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in January, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper noted that Iran's cybercapabilities "have dramatically increased in recent years in depth and complexity." More and more, they also appear to be directed against the U.S.