A cyber-attack linked to Iran this week is the latest in a string of cyber-events that some say represents a new step in a shadowy and long-running war between the Iranian government and those who criticize it on the Internet. The attack was well-planned and carefully executed, but according to Comodo, it was quickly detected. Iran has the means, motive and opportunity to pull off an attack like this in order to spy on communications between Iranians and the servers used by companies such as Google, Skype and Microsoft, all of whose certificates were spoofed in the attack.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2127836/in-iran–new-attack-escalates-ongoing-cyberconflict.html