Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other tech giants with attack
Quân đội Cách mạng Hồi giáo Iran (IRGC) đe dọa tấn công 18 công ty công nghệ lớn của Mỹ, bao gồm Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft và Google, như hành động trả đũa cho các cuộc không kích của Mỹ và Israel. Các cuộc tấn công được cảnh báo sẽ bắt đầu từ 20h ngày 1 tháng 4 theo giờ Tehran. Danh sách còn có Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, IBM, Dell, Palantir, JP Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solutions, Boeing và G42. Sự kiện này diễn ra sau khi Iran thực hiện tấn công vào trung tâm dữ liệu AWS tại Trung Đông. Intel nhấn mạnh ưu tiên an toàn cho nhân viên, trong khi Google và JP Morgan từ chối bình luận.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened attacks on a swath of U.S. tech companies with operations in the Middle East, including Nvidia , Apple , Microsoft and Google .
The IRGC warned on Tuesday that 18 tech companies would be considered as "legitimate targets" in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
Attacks on those companies would begin from 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, Tehran time (10:30 am ET), the IRGC said in a post on Telegram translated by Google, warning employees at those companies to leave workplaces immediately to protect their lives.
"From now on, for every assassination, an American company will be destroyed," they said in an IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel.
The list of companies also featured Cisco , HP , Intel , Oracle , IBM , Dell , Palantir , JP Morgan, Tesla , GE, Spire Solutions, Boeing and UAE-based AI company G42.
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It follows Iranian strikes on AWS data centers in the Middle East earlier this month, which caused outages in a number of apps and digital services in the United Arab Emirates.
U.S. tech firms have been funnelling resources into the Middle East in recent years, specifically around the AI infrastructure buildout, with the region offering cheap energy and access to land.
"The safety and wellbeing of our team is our number one priority," an Intel spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC. "We are taking steps to safeguard and support our workers and facilities in the Middle East and are actively monitoring the situation."
All the companies listed in the Telegram post have been approached for comment. Google and JP Morgan declined to comment.
— CNBC's Holly Ellyatt and Emma Graham contributed to this report.
