{"id":13086,"date":"2026-05-16T06:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/cnn-cyberattack-us-fuel-storage-iranian-hackers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T06:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:15:20","slug":"cnn-cyberattack-us-fuel-storage-iranian-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/cnn-cyberattack-us-fuel-storage-iranian-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Reports Cyberattack on US Fuel Storage Systems, Iranian Hackers Implicated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CNN, citing unnamed sources described as knowledgeable, has reported that fuel storage control systems at gas stations across several US states have been subjected to cyber intrusions.<\/p>\n<p>According to US officials, the main concern regarding this incident is that in the event of a fuel leak, hackers might disable the alert systems, preventing alarms from being activated; a scenario that could lead to serious safety and environmental consequences.<\/p>\n<p>These sources, without providing technical evidence or documentation, have attributed responsibility for the cyberattack to Iranian hackers. Cybersecurity experts consistently emphasize that energy infrastructure remains a sensitive target for digital attacks and that strengthening protective systems in this sector is a top national security priority for countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN reports a cyberattack on US fuel storage systems with Iranian hackers blamed, raising safety and environmental concerns over disabled alert systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}