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In June 2010, Iran was the victim of a cyber-attack when its nuclear facility in Natanz was infiltrated by the cyber-worm 'Stuxnet'. [22] Reportedly a combined effort by the United States and Israel, [23] Stuxnet destroyed perhaps over 1,000 nuclear centrifuges and, according to a Business Insider article, "[set] Tehran's atomic programme back by at least two years."
The Iranian Cyber Army is an Iranian computer hacker group. It is thought to be connected to the Iranian government , although it is not officially recognized as an entity by the government. [ 1 ] It has pledged loyalty to Supreme Leader of Iran .
Supreme Council of Cyberspace (Iran) (Persian: شورای عالی فضای مجازی) is a cyberspace-council [12] [13] [14] which was formed on 26 February 2012 by the decree of Iran's supreme leader, Seyyed Ali Khamenei; and is obliged to establish "National Cyberspace Center of the country" to have an entire and up-to-date knowledge of internal/external cyberspace and in order to decide ...
An Iranian official had earlier hinted that such measures might be taken out of security concerns. Iran has seen nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for ...
The website of Iran's Central Bank was briefly taken down on Wednesday as hackers claimed they had targeted the websites of several Iranian state agencies. The apparent cyberattack came amid days ...
The Iranian economy also suffers from what Mazarei describes as the “heavy-handed role of the state, corruption, and the Central Bank of Iran’s failure to regulate and supervise the system”. [11] [4] [9] The Iranian supreme leader blamed Israel and the United States without mentioning the cyberattack on the banking system.
Iran’s United Nations mission in New York denied any effort to interfere with, or launch cyberattacks against, the U.S. presidential election, the Associated Press reported.
Charming Kitten, also called APT35 (by Mandiant), Phosphorus or Mint Sandstorm (by Microsoft), [1] Ajax Security (by FireEye), [2] and NewsBeef (by Kaspersky [3] [4]), is an Iranian government cyberwarfare group, described by several companies and government officials as an advanced persistent threat.