Terrorism advisory bulletin warns of "heightened threat environment" in U.S.

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A bulletin from the National Terrorism Advisory System warns of a "heightened menace situation successful the United States" pursuing the U.S. subject strikes connected Iran's atomic sites.

The bulletin, obtained by CBS News and dated Sunday morning, June 22, does not enactment immoderate existent circumstantial threats, but warns that "low level cyber attacks against US networks by pro-Iranian hacktivists are likely, and cyber actors affiliated with the Iranian authorities whitethorn behaviour attacks against US networks."

The bulletin notes that U.S. instrumentality enforcement "has disrupted aggregate perchance lethal Iranian-backed plots successful the United States since 2020," and warns "the ongoing Israel-Iran struggle could besides motivate convulsive extremists and hatred transgression perpetrators seeking to onslaught targets."

The bulletin besides warns, "The likelihood of convulsive extremists successful the Homeland independently mobilizing to unit successful effect to the struggle would apt summation if Iranian enactment issued a spiritual ruling calling for retaliatory unit against the United States."

This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated.

Nicole Sganga and Anna Schecter contributed to this report.

Jennifer Jacobs

Jennifer Jacobs is simply a elder White House newsman astatine CBS News.

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