Mojtaba Ahmadi Iran's cyberwar commander assassinated
The commander of Iran's cyberwar program has been shot dead
in an apparent assassination. Mojtaba Ahmadi was found shot dead in the woods
outside of the Tehran. Mojtaba Ahmadi, who specialized in computer defense, was
found dead in woods near Tehran with two bullets in his heart. He was last seen
Saturday leaving for his job at the Cyber War Headquarters. The police
commander in Karaj, northwest of the capital, reported that the killing was
carried out by two men on a motorcycle. In January 2012, Iranian nuclear
scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan was blown up when two men on a motorbike
attached a magnetic bomb to his car while he was sitting in Tehran traffic.
Since 2007, five Iranian nuclear scientists and the head of the country's
ballistic missile program have been slain. Iran has blamed the Israeli
intelligence agency Mossad. Israel has denied the allegations.
The Cyber War Headquarters confirmed Ahmadi had been a
commander and posted condolences, The Revolutionary Guard said Ahmadi's death
was being investigated and warned against speculating "prematurely about
the identity of those responsible for the killing." Western intelligence
officials are evaluating the report. Iran-affiliated hackers have been looking
for system weaknesses to disrupt U.S. power grids, financial systems and other
key infrastructure, a cybersecurity expert.
The Revolutionary Guard has also been lending its expertise to hackers
supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad in his government's civil war against
rebels.
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