They're referring to all the subsidized bureaucratic closed-source monopoly-spyware that they force you to buy for NSA-purposes.

Gee! Who could have predicted that! /s

Personally, Iranians hacking a bunch of computer systems are probably the least of our worries now. Jim Salter posted an image that makes a good analogy. https://fosstodon.org/@jimsalter/114730060651034011

Look, a real life retcon!

I came here just to write this -- I thought we clearly chose to leave behind cybersecurity because education and science are bad.

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As much as it would be a true net positive if that was taken down, they're probably referring to the vast number of networks that actually do viral things.

Yeah all those big scary Iranian hackers and terrorists making the every day American live in fear

You have no idea how much of our critical infrastructure is on the net and poorly secured. And that's not even including the items (like solar inverters) found with undocumented cellular radios that would bypass any security measures put in place.

So glad we have a competent government full of people who understand their knowledge domain and totally aren't fucking morons out in place to destroy every institution they can.

Lots of social engineering incoming, no doubt.

plus - less staffers, less software. less software, less attack surfaces. they should lay off everybody, then you don't need servers, then nobody can hack you!

Are you saying those hot women who want my credit card AREN'T nearby?

Both hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors

This false dichotomy is pure propaganda. There is probably no higher form of hacktivism than defending a population from an imperial genocide.

Nobody is ignoring these imperial invasions, genocides, etc.

USA is actively supporting them.