Iran threatens 'world's internet' in terrifying 'reminder to the enemy'

Iran threatens 'world's internet' in terrifying 'reminder to the enemy' The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has hinted at further disruption to global business involving crucial internet cables lying under the Strait of Hormuz Iran has given a chilling warning to the world over crucial internet cables lying under the Strait of Hormuz. The Middle East crisis has centred around the shipping lane and a blockade has seen major disruption to the global supply of oil with tankers unable to pass. Now the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have made a reference to seven vital cables that run across the bottom of the strait carrying internet and commercial data. IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebi said: "Seven major cables have passed under the Strait of Hormuz, all of which the world's internet and commercial data depend on; we are reminding them of this so that the enemy knows." And in a separate threat he also posted on X what appeared to be an AI-generated image of a missile, captioned "The world will see what will happen." Iran has previously threatened that it was ready to look at different ways to target the United States and its allies with no peace in sight for the conflict in the Middle East. While Iran has been blockading the strait, the United States has also been preventing ships from entering and leaving the country's ports. The conflict has spread to other parts of the Middle East with attacks notably in Yemen with attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Last week at least 53 soldiers in a military camp were killed by ballistic missiles in one of the deadliest attacks since a resurgence in fighting this summer, Yemeni military officials said. And Iran is trying to hit military sites in Britain with the suspected plot to attack a US-run military air base in September “not unique,” the head of the MI5 spy agency said. He warned that both Tehran and Moscow are expanding their attacks against the UK. Ken McCallum, who leads the U.K.’s domestic security service, said Tehran is seeking to intensify its attacks in Britain beyond the traditional targets of Iranians opposed to the country’s Islamic authorities. That has included arson and sabotage attacks on Jewish sites that Britain says were carried out by Iranian proxies. McCallum said another “major shift this year has been Iranian ambitions to come at harder targets, like military sites.” The incident at RAF Fairford “is not unique. There have been other examples, not just in the UK but around the world,” McCallum said.