{"id":252030,"date":"2026-05-22T00:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/cybersecurity-expert-says-iran-could-target-local-aerospace-defense-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:55:11","slug":"cybersecurity-expert-says-iran-could-target-local-aerospace-defense-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/cybersecurity-expert-says-iran-could-target-local-aerospace-defense-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity expert says Iran could target local aerospace, defense industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybersecurity expert says Iran could target local aerospace, defense industry<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.koaa.com\/news\/local-news\/cybersecurity-expert-warns-iran-could-target-pikes-peak-aerospace-and-defense-industry<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-22 00:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.koaa.com<\/a><\/p>\n

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) \u2014 As the U.S. war with Iran continues and tensions escalate between the two nations, a cybersecurity expert cautioned the more than 150 aerospace and defense businesses in the Pikes Peak region to be vigilant against Iranian threats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a number of different groups associated with the Iran Ministry of Intelligence and Security, or MOI, that are doing various types of attacks targeted toward defense contractors,\u201d said Scott Edwards, CEO of Summit 7 Systems. \u201cAnd primarily defense contractors that are supporting the efforts going on in Iran today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Summit 7 is an IT company that helps defense and federal contractors protect against external cybersecurity threats, like those from Iran. Edwards, based in Huntsville, Alabama, said he has dozens of clients in Colorado.<\/p>\n

He pointed to two recent cyber attacks against prominent, global companies based in the U.S.<\/p>\n

In March, Iran-linked hacker group Handala, attacked Stryker, one of the world’s largest medical technology companies, and wiped hundreds of thousands of devices clean.<\/p>\n

Later in March, another Iran-linked Advanced Persistent Threat (ATP) group, claimed they breached Lockheed Martin and stole 375 terabytes of data. This allegedly included data around the F-35 and other weapons systems, threatening to sell the data on the dark web.<\/p>\n

Stryker has acknowledged the cyber attack on its company and has provided updates on its website through the ordeal.<\/p>\n

Edwards noted the Lockheed attack has yet to be verified, but the threat is taken as real until proven otherwise.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said, \u201cThere is no evidence indicating an impact to Lockheed Martin systems, operations or data at this time [emphasis theirs].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cColorado Springs is a massive target, much like Huntsville, much like Tampa, other centers of gravity for defense technology. Southern California is another,\u201d said Edwards. \u201cThey are targets because there’s such a concentration of…<\/p>\n

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