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Thursday, October 15, 2020, 21:41
Iran says hackers attacked two of its key institutions
By Reuters
Thursday, October 15, 2020, 21:41 By Reuters

DUBAI - Hackers launched large-scale attacks on two Iranian government institutions this week, a senior official said on Thursday, without giving details on the targets or the suspected perpetrators.

Some government bodies had since temporarily shut down internet services as a precaution, Abolghasem Sadeghi, from the government’s Information Technology Organization, told state TV.

Some government bodies had since temporarily shut down internet services as a precaution

“The cyber attacks which happened on Monday and Tuesday are under investigation,” Sadeghi said. They were “important and on a large scale,” he added.

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Iran says it is on high alert for online assaults, which it has blamed in the past on the United States and other foreign states.

US officials said in October 2019 that the United States had carried out a cyber attack on Iran after drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities. Iran denied involvement in the attacks, which were claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement.

Tensions between Tehran and Washington have escalated since 2018 when US President Donald Trump withdrew from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.

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