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Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

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Re: Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

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Post by kridsdale1 »

3abiton wrote: post #8
johnbarron wrote: post #2

"...Attacks on those companies would begin from 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, Tehran time (12:30 p.m. EDT), the IRGC said in a post on Telegram translated by Google, warning employees at those companies to leave workplaces immediately to protect their lives... The list of companies also featured Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, IBM, Dell, Palantir, JP Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solutions, Boeing and UAE-based AI company G42.…

There is a possibility the IRGC are trolling, given it's April's Fool today.

I guess this is supposed to be funny but I wouldn’t take that chance.

Re: Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

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Post by throwawayqqq11 »

zrn900 wrote: post #7
sp3ktrum wrote: post #4

Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Instead of flinging bombs and missiles, take out their knees with some cable cutters.

> Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps. Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.

Iran is sanctioned for so long now, they had no other choice than to become as independent as possible.

Cutting communications hinders iran less then outsiders trying to spark a revolution. I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too.

> litteral arrogance

True.

Re: Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

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Post by neonstatic »

throwawayqqq11 wrote: post #13
zrn900 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps. Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.

Iran is sanctioned for so long now, they had no other choice than to become as independent as possible. Cutting communications hinders iran less then outsiders trying to spark a revolution. I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too. > litteral arrogance True.

> I think thats also a reason why russia and other autocratic nations have internet kill switches too.

They have that for the same reason they always have a military, even if it's 100 years behind anyone else's - to keep the populace in check. A T-55 might be completely obsolete against a cheap FPV drone, but it's still a formidable weapon against a crowd of unarmed people.

Re: Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

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Post by sp3ktrum »

zrn900 wrote: post #7
sp3ktrum wrote: post #4

Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Instead of flinging bombs and missiles, take out their knees with some cable cutters.

> Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps. Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.

Not sure how that determines "Literal arrogance...". My assumption, perhaps naive, is that Iran had connections to the outside world from which the hacking was taking place.

Are the Iranian hackers not within Iran?

Re: Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

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Post by 7952 »

sp3ktrum wrote: post #4

Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Instead of flinging bombs and missiles, take out their knees with some cable cutters.

Surely they would have terrestrial connections to the North. And this could encourage Iran to cut all the other fibre links that run through the region.

Re: Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies

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Post by wil421 »

zrn900 wrote: post #7
sp3ktrum wrote: post #4

Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Instead of flinging bombs and missiles, take out their knees with some cable cutters.

> Here's what I don't understand, why doesn't the US simply cut their connections to the world. It's quite easy to find fiber optic locations...cut them. Iran cut it itself. Its running its own domestic internet where everything domestic works. All domestic banks, apps. Literal arrogance to think that the US owns the world.

How did OP imply anything? He asked why one of the parties in the conflict don’t cut cables.
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