Iran alleges systematic sabotage of US-made networking infrastructure mid-conflict — hardware shut down and rebooted despite internet blackout
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Allegations that foreign-made networking gear was remotely disrupted mid-conflict put supply-chain trust and firmware provenance at the center of national security. If you operate critical infrastructure anywhere, treat vendor hardware as a potential policy surface, not a neutral box.
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