Iran alleges U.S. networking equipment failed during military strikes, claims backdoor sabotage
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Summary
Iranian state media alleges that networking equipment from major U.S. companies including Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and MikroTik failed during U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran. The report claims devices rebooted or dropped offline despite Iran being disconnected from the global internet, which Iran says indicates "deep sabotage" through hidden firmware backdoors that could be remotely triggered via satellite. The allegations suggest American networking equipment contains exploitable vulnerabilities that were activated during the conflict.
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The report, which claims that 'American 'black boxes' failed at zero hour of the attack on Isfahan,' concerns devices that Iran claims either rebooted or dropped offline despite the country having already been disconnected from the global Internet.
Iran says this 'indicates deep sabotage' through hidden firmware or backdoors that allowed remote sabotage, possibly triggered by satellite.
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