FSB chief: Members of Iran's leadership eliminated using 'bookmarks' in monitoring systems

The United States and Israel eliminated members of Iran's top leadership using data obtained, among other things, through software 'bookmarks' in video monitoring systems in Tehran.

This was stated by Director of the FSB of Russia Alexander Bortnikov, as reported by RIA Novosti.

Dependence on Western technology platforms creates significant vulnerabilities for CIS countries to cyberattacks by the intelligence services of leading NATO countries and their allies, Bortnikov noted while speaking at the 58th meeting of the Council of Heads of Security and Special Services Bodies of the CIS Countries (SORB).

"A clear alarming signal is the recent elimination of representatives of Iran's top leadership by the American-Israeli alliance. The coordinates of the victims' locations were obtained, among other things, through software 'bookmarks' in video monitoring systems in Tehran," Bortnikov said.

According to him, given the nature of the tasks solved with the help of Western artificial intelligence technologies in the political dimension, it makes sense to consider the reasons for the West's keen interest in the accelerated introduction of its digital innovations in strategically important sectors of the economies of the CIS countries, and especially in communications and public administration systems.

Moreover, the transparency of foreign neural network models intended for use in decision-making systems is not guaranteed. Nor is the reliability of fully digital mechanisms of operational country management in the event of a possible crisis, the FSB director noted.