Israel says it knocked out Iran’s cyber warfare headquarters

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday said it bombed a compound in Tehran housing Iran’s cyber warfare headquarters — but it’s unclear whether the strike will significantly kneecap Iran’s cyberattack capabilities.

According to a statement from the IDF, its forces on Wednesday carried out a “wide-scale strike” targeting a collection of military sites on the Eastern edge of Tehran that allegedly housed the headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. The IDF claims that the headquarters of the IRGC’s “cyber and electronic headquarters” and its “Intelligence Directorate” were among the military outposts hit in the strike.

It’s unclear to what extent these military sites were damaged or whether there were any casualties. Iran remains under an almost total internet blackout, which began on Feb. 28 when the first U.S. and Israeli strikes began, limiting the flow of information coming out of Iran.

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