{"id":9416,"date":"2026-03-13T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/iran-google-microsoft-targets\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:22:00","slug":"iran-google-microsoft-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/iran-google-microsoft-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Declares Google and Microsoft to Be Military Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s a new target in 21st century warfare: US tech companies.<\/p>\n

According to Al Jazeera<\/em><\/a>, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps made the announcement following attacks on the country by US and Israeli military forces. In retaliation to a specific strike on an Iranian bank \u2014 which reportedly killed several civilian employees \u2014 Iranian military officials declared that they would now count US- and Israeli-linked financial and tech institutions among their targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the scope of the regional war expands to infrastructure war, the scope of Iran\u2019s legitimate targets expands,\u201d Iran\u2019s Tasnim News Agency<\/em> announced, according to Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In a document viewed by Al Jazeera<\/em>, the IRGC listed a number of US tech companies as \u201cIran\u2019s new targets,\u201d including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, and Oracle, as well as a cloud computing companies in Israel and several Gulf countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Americans should await our countermeasure and our painful response,\u201d a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, the IRGC\u2019s unified combatant command declared.<\/p>\n

The decision to declare open season on tech offices is extreme, to be sure, but it\u2019s not exactly irrational from a military point of view. Big tech companies have become a core component of the US military apparatus, providing surveillance platforms<\/a>, AI targeting capabilities<\/a>, and network infrastructure<\/a> \u2014 to say nothing of the Pentagon\u2019s extensive collection of lethal<\/a> connected<\/a> <\/strong>hardware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A sign that Iran\u2019s not bluffing: the announcement comes after its drones inflicted \u201cstructural damage\u201d on three Amazon Web Services facilities<\/a> in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Those strikes are believed to be the first instance of an adversary targeting US corporate tech facilities in an attack \u2014 a sign of the strange new battlefield as commercial tech infrastructure is now visibly embedded throughout the US military apparatus.<\/p>\n

More on Iran: <\/strong>Toxic Sludge Raining Down on Iran After Bombing of Oil Facilities<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post Iran Declares Google and Microsoft to Be Military Targets<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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