- Iran has frustrated an attack against its critical infrastructure
- The attack was “generalized and complex”
- It is not confirmed who was behind the incident
Iran’s national infrastructure was beaten with a “generalized and complex” cyber attack, which was repelled by cybersecurity experts in the country, a senior official who speaks with the Tasnim news agency of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard confirmed (through The record).
Although the incident was not described in detail, the head of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Company of the Iranian Government (ICT), Behzad Akbari, said;
“According to the grace of God and the efforts of the security and technicians of the Communications Infrastructure Company and the Ministry of Communications, yesterday one of the most widespread and complex cyber attacks against the country’s infrastructure was identified and preventive measures were taken,” said Akbari on X (translated from persecuting it).
Cause not confirmed
Very little is known about the attack, nor about the success of the Iranian security team to stop it, Techradar Pro He informed the ICT, but has not received an answer yet.
This occurs only one day after an explosion in the largest port in the country, Shahid Rajaei, killing at least 28 people and hurting 800 more, the authorities report, although there are no indications that these two incidents are linked.
This is not the first time that Iranian national infrastructure has been attacked. In 2023, Iranian service stations were attacked in a controlled cyber attack, wreaking wreaked throughout the country and affecting around 70% of gasoline stations throughout the country.
The Iranian government attributed this incident to a cybernetic group called ‘Sparrow Depredatory’, which says it has links with Israel.
As geopolitical tensions increase, national infrastructure continues to be the main objective for threat actors and cybercriminals backed by the State, especially given the critical nature of the services they provide, and chaos created by the time of inactivity. The consequences for telecommunications, transport, energy or water committed networks could be serious or even potentially mortal, so cybersecurity is more critical than ever.
