Iranian Scientist Claims U.S. Cyberattack Was ... Loud - NYTimes.com ;.. The blog told of military DJs taking requests and creating a playlist that included AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long.”
More recently, Foreign Policy said, the United States Psychological Operations Company admitted to using heavy metal in Iraq as a way to break uncooperative prisoners. And the International Committee of the Red Cross, it noted, had reported the use of similar tactics against Guantánamo inmates.
Alas, the Iranian episode seems too good to be true.
Specialists in cyberwarfare said the e-mails could have easily been faked, including the seeming return address from the Iranian atomic program. Simple logic, one expert noted, suggested that an Iranian scientist writing such a report to a foreigner might quickly join the ranks of the martyrs. Finally, the tone of the alleged e-mails from the Iranian scientist seemed suspicious in their self-congratulatory tone about the success of the computer attack and its heavy-metal explosion.
“I doubt it,” a senior administration official who closely follows the Iranian program said of the cyber claim.
The blog told of military DJs taking requests and creating a playlist that included AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long.”
ReplyDeleteMore recently, Foreign Policy said, the United States Psychological Operations Company admitted to using heavy metal in Iraq as a way to break uncooperative prisoners. And the International Committee of the Red Cross, it noted, had reported the use of similar tactics against Guantánamo inmates.
Alas, the Iranian episode seems too good to be true.
Specialists in cyberwarfare said the e-mails could have easily been faked, including the seeming return address from the Iranian atomic program. Simple logic, one expert noted, suggested that an Iranian scientist writing such a report to a foreigner might quickly join the ranks of the martyrs. Finally, the tone of the alleged e-mails from the Iranian scientist seemed suspicious in their self-congratulatory tone about the success of the computer attack and its heavy-metal explosion.
“I doubt it,” a senior administration official who closely follows the Iranian program said of the cyber claim.