Iran Suffers A Large Scale Attack On Critical Infrastructure

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Iran claims that it has repelled a significant cyber attack targeting the country’s infrastructure on Sunday, April 27th, according to a senior Iranian official.

The potential attack was disclosed by Behzad Akbari, head of Iran’s Government Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC).

"Yesterday, one of the extensive and complex cyberattacks against the country's infrastructure was identified, and preventive measures were taken," Akbari wrote on the social media platform X, without providing details about the type or origin of the attack.

Over recent years, Iran has been targeted by several cyberattacks. In October 2021, a cyberattack disrupted fueling systems at some Iranian gas stations. In November 2022, Iran claimed it had thwarted a cyberattack on its Mahan Airlines.

The latest attack occurred on Saturday, April 26th -one day after a large explosion at Shahid Rajaei Port, Iran’s largest commercial port, which resulted in at least 28 deaths and injured 800 others, according to authorities. The cause has not been confirmed.

This incident also coincides with Iran and Washington concluding a third round of nuclear negotiations in Oman.

Maritime risk consultancy Ambrey Intelligence suggested the explosion was caused by the “improper handling of a shipment of solid fuel intended for use in Iranian ballistic missiles,” imported from China. However, Iran’s Defense Ministry has denied these reports.

The explosion comes amid ongoing negotiations over Iran’s controversial nuclear program, amid fears that Iran might seek to enrich uranium to levels that could enable nuclear weapon development.

Iran has faced several notable cyberattacks in recent years, including those affecting its fuel system in 2021 and a steel mill in June 2022. Both attacks were claimed by a group calling itself *Predatory Sparrow*, which stated its actions were “carefully carried out to protect innocent individuals.”

While *Predatory Sparrow* describes itself as composed of dissidents, the attack on the steel mill appeared to be conducted with sophisticated operational planning to avoid any loss of life, fueling speculation that it was sponsored by a foreign state agency with a risk management process.

Iranian officials have blamed the United States and Israel for the 2021 cyberattack on the country’s fuel systems, though they have provided no evidence. At the time, Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s civil defense, told Iranian state television: “We are still unable to say forensically, but I believe it was carried out by the Zionist Regime, the Americans, and their agents.” Jalali also believes the U.S. and Israel were behind a cyberattack targeting the electronic infrastructure of the Shahid Rajaei Port Authority in 2020, again without evidence.

The U.S. and Israel are also believed to have collaborated on the Stuxnet worm, discovered in 2010, which was designed to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

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