"As the scope of the regional war expands to infrastructure war, the scope of Iran's legitimate targets expands. The Americans should await our countermeasure and our painful response, a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, the IRGC's unified combatant command declared."
"Big tech companies have become a core component of the US military apparatus, providing surveillance platforms, AI targeting capabilities, and network infrastructure - to say nothing of the Pentagon's extensive collection of lethal connected hardware."
"The announcement comes after its drones inflicted structural damage on three Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Those strikes are believed to be the first instance of an adversary targeting US corporate tech facilities in an attack."
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that US and Israeli tech companies are now legitimate targets in retaliation for military strikes on Iranian infrastructure. The IRGC listed major tech firms including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, and Oracle as targets, declaring that as regional conflict expands to infrastructure warfare, the scope of legitimate targets expands accordingly. This targeting strategy reflects the integration of commercial tech infrastructure into US military operations, including surveillance platforms, AI capabilities, and network systems. Iran has already demonstrated capability by conducting drone strikes that caused structural damage to Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, marking the first known instance of an adversary targeting US corporate tech infrastructure in military operations.
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