Iran is going offline to prevent purported Israeli cyberattacks

In a purported attempt to limit Israel's ability to wage cyberwarfare, Iran has begun throttling its civilians' access to the internet and plans to disconnect entirely from the global internet by Tuesday night.

Fateme Mohajerani, a government spokesperson, said during a recent television broadcast that the speed reduction was "temporary, targeted, and controlled, aimed at countering cyberattacks," according to machine translation.

The announcements come amidst the escalating war between Iran and Israel...