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Iran claims US exploited networking equipment backdoors during strikes

Iranian state media has claimed that the U.S. exploited hidden backdoors or firmware in networking equipment from Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and MikroTik to sabotage devices during recent military strikes on Isfahan, though these allegations remain unindependently verified. The U.S. has publicly confirmed conducting coordinated cyber and space operations (dubbed Operation Epic Fury) against Iran's communications and sensor networks prior to strikes, and each of the four named vendors has a documented history of security vulnerabilities or unauthorized code in their products.