But even as connectivity inside Iran collapsed, the cyber conflict didn’t. It spilled outward. Operations continued beyond its borders, driven by a mix of state-backed actors, proxies and opportunistic hackers who don’t need a functioning domestic internet to keep going.In the weeks since, researchers have tracked a sharp spike in global threat activity linked to the conflict — from coordinated campaigns by dozens of hacktivist groups to waves of phishing, scams and disruptive intrusions targeting organisa ...