Iran hacks on Bahrain
description
Over the course of the summer of 2019 hackers alleged to be Iranian government supported accessed various important parts of the Bahrainian state networks
sources attribution
Not available
sources politicalization
Not available
start
25.07.2019
end
05.08.2019
source incident detection disclosure
Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state
receiver
label:
Not available
category:
State institutions / political system
Government / ministries
State institutions / political system
Intelligence agencies
Critical infrastructure
Energy
country:
Bahrain
inclusion criteria
Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)
Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized
added to database
15.08.2022
articles
Not available
attribution date
2019
attribution basis
Attribution by third-party
attributing country
Not available
attributing actors
Not available
attribution type
Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)
initiators
label:
category:
State
countries:
Iran, Islamic Republic of
legal attribution references
Not available
Incident/Operation Type
Disruption
Hijacking with Misuse
data theft
none
disruption
Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)
hijacking
Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)
Physical Effects (temporal)
none
Physical Effects (spatial)
none
unweighted cyber intensity
3
Target / Effect Multiplier
Moderate - high political importance
weighted cyber intensity
Low / moderate intensity - 3
MITRE: Initial Access
Not available
MITRE: Impact
Not available
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: User Interaction
Not available
Zero Day
No
cyber conflict issue
System / ideology
International power
offline conflict issue
Unknown
offline conflict intensity
Unknown
casualties
No casualties as a direct result of the cyber incident
political response
Not available
state responsibility indicator
Not available
il breach indicator
Not available
response indicator
Not available
Evidence for Sanctions Indicator
Not available
legal response
Not available
impact indicator
Not available
