Threat actor

Iranian government

threat_actor:iranian_government Also: Iran, Iranian military

Threat actor attributed by James Clapper to the Las Vegas Sands destructive cyber-attack.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing TARGETS Las Vegas Sands Attributed 37
incoming ATTRIBUTED_TO Las Vegas Sands cyber-attack Attributed 37

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Las Vegas Sands cyber-attack ATTRIBUTED_TO Iranian government

James Clapper attributed the attack against Las Vegas Sands to Iran; Jack presents this as an official attribution to the Iranian government or military, while noting the broader circumstances and motives were uncertain.

Attributed Confidence 97% · James Clapper EP 37 Details

“2014 saw for the first time destructive cyber-attacks carried out on [00:25:00] US soil by nation state entities marked first by the Iranian attack against the Las Vegas Sands Casino Corporation”

James Clapper · offsets 25435–25629

“James Clapper is saying that the people who did it was the Iranian government itself”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 26027–26111

Iranian government TARGETS Las Vegas Sands

The Iranian government is attributed with targeting Las Vegas Sands in the destructive cyber-attack, according to James Clapper's Senate testimony.

Attributed Confidence 96% · James Clapper EP 37 Details

“the Iranian attack against the Las Vegas Sands Casino Corporation”