“Ultimately, this should be a wake up call to the security professionals whose data centers were used to perpetrate these cyberattacks: While we often think of security in the cloud as about safeguarding corporate secrets or your personal digital life, if you’re not properly securing your networks it’s not just the safety of your network at risk, it’s the safety of everyone your network could be used against.”
Source:How Iranian Hackers Used The Cloud To Attack Major Banks And Why It Matters | ThinkProgress