The hacking case comes at a tenuous time for the fragile relationship between the United States and Iran. The Trump administration is threatening to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, the accord reached in 2015 between Iran and six world powers that limited nuclear programs in exchange for sanctions relief. Over the past five years, Iranian hackers demonstrated increasing sophistication, with a spate of attacks that took down the online banking websites of some dozen United States banks in late 2012. Team.”But security experts note that Iranian attacks have dropped off since the signing of the nuclear deal. “They’ve been on their best behavior because of the nuclear deal,” Mr. Lewis said.

Source: New York Times March 23, 2018 16:06 UTC