00:01The conflict in Iran will likely trigger an increasing amount of geopolitical cyber attacks in the coming days,
00:08according to an executive at Palo Alto Networks, the world's largest pure-player cyber security vendor.
00:15Scott McKinnon, who is the company's chief security officer for Europe, warned of a surge in cyber attacks by nation
00:22-state actors, including Iran.
00:24Cyber attacks reportedly took place on Saturday alongside the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.
00:30News websites and the calendar app Beit Sabah were reportedly hacked and displayed messages telling users it's time for reckoning.
00:38The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center, named Iran alongside Russia and North Korea,
00:44as one of the primary state-sponsored actors behind attacks on Western infrastructure.
00:48Nation-states are prioritizing attacks on critical national infrastructures, such as telecommunications networks, energy grids and financial systems,
00:58an executive at Palo Alto Networks told Euro News.
01:01Defense strategies will now need to evolve, the executive said.
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