Iran has repelled a fresh cyber attack on its industrial units in a southern province, a local civil defence official said on Tuesday, accusing "enemies" of nonstop attacks against its infrastructure.
Iran has repelled a fresh
cyber attack on its industrial units in a southern province, a local civil
defence official said on Tuesday, accusing "enemies" of nonstop
attacks against its infrastructure.
"A virus had penetrated some manufacturing industries in Hormuzgan
province, but its progress was halted with ... the cooperation of skilled
hackers," Ali Akbar Akhavan said, quoted by the ISNA news agency.
Akhavan said the malware was "Stuxnet-like" but did not elaborate and
that the attack had occurred over the "past few months."
Stuxnet, tailored specifically to target Iran's uranium enrichment operation,
struck Iran in 2010 and reportedly dealt a serious blow to its disputed atomic
program.
Akhavan said one of the targets of the latest foiled attack was the Bandar
Abbas Tavanir Co, which oversees electricity production and distribution in
Hormuzgan and adjacent provinces.
He also accused "enemies" of constantly seeking to disrupt operations
at Iran's industrial units through cyber attacks, without specifying how much
damage had been caused.
The Islamic state has blamed the U.S. and Israel for cyber attacks in the past.
In April, it said a voracious virus attack had hit computers running key parts
of its oil sector and succeeded in wiping data off official servers.
Tehran is at odds with Washington and its allies which fear Iran's nuclear
activity is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. But Iran says its program is
solely for peaceful purposes.
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