South Carolina issues public safety advisory amid conflict in the Middle East

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued a public safety advisory Tuesday amid concern of retaliation in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, but said there is no specific credible threat facing the state.Conflict broke out between Israel, the United States and Iran over the weekend after the U.S. and Israel launched missiles at Iran. Iran has since retaliated by hitting Israel and several American bases in other countries throughout the region.
The safety advisory also comes after the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other federal agencies warned the country of elevated threats linked to Iran.
“Operation Epic Fury made clear that the United States will not tolerate threats from the Iranian terror regime,” Wilson said in a statement. “When America acts decisively abroad, we must remain vigilant at home. 
“Modern warfare does not always involve uniforms and battlefields,” he continued. “It includes cyberattacks, proxy violence, and sleeper cells embedded within civilian populations.”
The advisory also warned that Iran or its allies and proxies could retaliate through cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, ransomware operations, distributed denial of service attacks and social engineering campaigns.
“There is no cause for panic,” Wilson said. “There is cause for vigilance. Our law enforcement community is prepared. Our cybersecurity teams are engaged. And we will not allow foreign terror networks to intimidate or destabilize our state.”

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