US launches cyber-attack on Iran amid escalating tensions

Published – June 23, 2019 5:52 pm
As Donald Trump told the world on Thursday that he had pulled back from launching airstrikes on Iran, he did, it seems, still authorise retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone.
Reports from America say a cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers and the US said today it will announce new sanctions, which the President described as “major”.