Over the past week, the United Nations had a huge assembly. One of the big issues was US/Iran tensions. Well, this revelation might put a small cramp in easing these tensions.
U.S. officials said Iran hacked into Navy computers. The most recent of these allegations came around September 15. Officials said the hacking was done by Iranian leaders or by rouge Iranian groups with the leaders’ approval. It’s believed nothing big was stolen, but just the mere fact they can and are hacking is concerning enough to the US. Also concerning is the aggression and rhetoric of Iran in recent years, now add their cyber abilities. The Pentagon hasn’t confirmed it and Tehran has denied it. But a former State Dept. official calls Iran ‘very active’ in the cyber hacking game. So I don’t expect this to go away anytime soon.
Now Iran has a new president named Hasan Rouhani. He’s said to be more moderate than the Iran’s last president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This past week, Rouhani and President Obama talked about negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. Over the past years, Iran insists it’s for peaceful purposes, but many say the program has sinister intentions. Some say Rouhani isn’t as moderate as he appears. So I wonder what he says, if he says anything, about these hacking allegations. Both sides seem to be keeping hush, but I wonder what’s being said behind closed doors. But the two sides looked pretty good when addressing each other. What are these hacking allegations going to do to US/Iranian relations?