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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/world/middleeast/israel-iran-cyberattacks.html
By Design, Cyberattack on Iran Port Was Limited
(New York Times) Ronen Bergman and David M. Halbfinger - According to high-ranking intelligence officials and experts in the Middle East who are kept informed of covert Israeli actions in the region, the attack on the computer systems at Iran's Shahid Rajaee port in the Strait of Hormuz was limited in scope, creating traffic jams of delivery trucks and some delays in shipments, but causing no substantial or lasting damage. The purpose of Israel's relatively small-scale effort was to retaliate for the Iranian attack on Israel's water system. Israeli officials identified the malware as coming from an offensive cyber-unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. The site in Iran was specifically chosen as a non-central target, with an intent to send a warning.