US Big Tech infrastructure as "legitimate targets"

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Iranian state-linked media this week published a list of offices and infrastructure run by American companies with Israeli links whose technology has been used for military applications. According to Al Jazeera, the companies include Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia and Oracle.

Many of these companies operate regional offices, cloud infrastructure or data-centre operations across the Gulf, including in the UAE. None have released public statements on this development.

The list was published by the semi-official, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked Tasnim News Agency alongside a warning that the scope of the conflict could expand beyond traditional military targets.

“As the scope of the regional war expands to infrastructure war, the scope of Iran’s legitimate targets expands,” Tasnim News Agency reported.

Last week, Iranian drone strikes damaged Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centres in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting services and exposing the vulnerability of physical tech infrastructure in the region.

Source: WIRED

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