'SERIOUS' Iranian threat targeting US homeland

L. RECOVERY. >> Bill: GREAT NEWS THERE. GARRETT TENNEY LIVE IN CHICAGO. THANK YOU. >> Dana: IRAN TRYING TO BRING. THE FIGHT OVERSEAS TO THE E U.S. HOMELAND WITH CYBERATTACKS ON. KEY INFRASTRUCTURE. AN IRANIAN HACKING GROUP WARNING. THAT AMERICA WILL SOON BE THE. TARGET OF A UNEXPECTED AND. CRITICAL EVENTS. LUCAS TOMLINSON HAS MORE FROM. WASHINGTON. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SERIOUS. THREAT. >> IT SURE DOES. IT'S NOT JUST U.S. FORCES IN THE. MIDDLE EAST UNDER FIRE BUT. UTILITIES RIGHT HERE IN THE. UNITED STATES. AN IRANIAN HACKING GROUP HOSTING.

THE FOLLOWING WARNING, SOON THE. UNITED STATES WILL WITNESS. UNEXPECTED AND CRITICAL EVENTS. IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS. INDUSTRIES. THE THREATS FROM IRAN OR I ITS. PROXIES HAVE THE ATTENTION OF. TOP LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL, INCLUDING THE REPUBLICAN. CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE. INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. >> THERE'S ALWAYS A THREAT ON. THINGS LIKE CRITICAL. INFRASTRUCTURE AND CYBER AND. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. CONCERNS ME.

CERTAINLY --. >> LAST MONTH THE U.S. CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AGENCY WARNED IRANIAN HACKERS. HAD TARGETED OVER 100 WATER. SYSTEMS ACROSS SEVEN STATES. CAUSING LOSS OF WATER PRESSURE. AND FLOODING. IRAN HAS GROWN CLOSER TO RUSSIA. AND CHINA AND NORTH KOREA IN. RECENT YEARS. CYBER EXPERT SAYS DEFENSES MUST. BE STRENGTHENED TO THWART THIS. NEW STYLE OF 21ST CENTURY. WARFARE. >> WE ARE NOW CONTENDING WITH. ADVERSARIES LIKE THE CHINESE. COMMUNIST PARTY, LIKE IRAN IN. SOME CASES, NORTH KOREA AND.

RUSSIA. YOU'VE GOT TO THINK, CRITICAL. INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE FOUNDATION. FOR A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IN THE. UNITED STATES. ATTACKING ANY COMPONENT OF THAT. IS GOING TO HAVE A VERY REAL. WORLD TANGIBLE IMPACT ON WHAT WE. DO AND HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES. >> US JUST RAMPING UP ITS. BOMBING CAMPAIGN. MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL SHIPS WERE. ATTACKED IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THIS WEEK OFFICIALS PRED.