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Destructive Hacks Strike Saudi Arabia, Posing Challenge to Trump

  • Multiple attacks emanated from Iran, digital evidence suggests
  • Mid-November breaches wipe data at Saudi air authority, others
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Saudi Central Bank Said Struck by Iran Malware

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State-sponsored hackers have conducted a series of destructive attacks on Saudi Arabia over the last two weeks, erasing data and wreaking havoc in the computer banks of the agency running the country’s airports and hitting five additional targets, according to two people familiar with an investigation into the breach.

Saudi Arabia said after inquiries from Bloomberg News that “several” government agencies were targeted in attacks that came from outside the kingdom, according to state media. No further details were provided.