![]() The Iranian government has been accused by Western analysts of its own cyber-attacks against the United States, Israel and Persian Gulf Arab countries, but denied this, including specific allegations of 2012 involvement in hacking into American banks. In September, October and November 2022, Iranian state networks and emails came under attack by Anonymous and other hacking groups acting in solidarity with Iranian protestors.October 2021: An attack paralyzed gas stations across the country, preventing users from purchasing fuel using state-issued cards and digital billboards displaying antigovernment messages.November 2018: The Iranian telecommunication minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi accuses Israel of a failed cyberattack on its telecommunications infrastructure, and vows to respond with legal action.In October 2013, media reported Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the "Cyber War Headquarters" was found dead wounded by bullets in Karaj.The cyber-worm was also used against North Korea. No government has claimed responsibility for the worm. Iran crowdsourced solutions to the worm and is purportedly now better positioned in terms of cyber warfare technology. Reportedly a combined effort by the United States and Israel, Stuxnet destroyed perhaps over 1,000 nuclear centrifuges and, according to a Business Insider article, " Tehran's atomic programme back by at least two years." The worm spread beyond the plant to allegedly infect over 60,000 computers, but the government of Iran indicates it caused no significant damage. In June 2010, Iran was the victim of a cyber-attack when its nuclear facility in Natanz was infiltrated by the cyber-worm ' Stuxnet'. In November 2022, the Iranian Majlis Islamic Consultative Assembly recommended a Passive Defence Incorporation. Iranian cyber defense system - digital fortress part of national information network (national internet) - is developed for thwarting attacks and engaging attackers. ![]() In 2013, a Revolutionary Guards general stated that Iran has "the 4th biggest cyber power among the world's cyber armies." Īccording to a 2021 report by a cyber-security company, "Iran is running two surveillance operations in cyber-space, targeting more than 1,000 dissidents". ![]() ![]() Īccording to a 2014 report by Institute for National Security Studies, Iran is "one of the most active players in the international cyber arena". Since November 2010, an organization called "The Cyber Defense Command" ( Persian: قرارگاه دفاع سایبری Gharargah-e Defa-e Saiberi) has been operating in Iran under the supervision of the country's "Passive Civil Defense Organization" ( Persian: سازمان پدافند غیرعامل Sazeman-e Padafand-e Gheyr-e Amel) which is itself a subdivision of the Joint Staff of Iranian Armed Forces. Being both a victim and wager of cyberwarfare, Iran is considered an emerging military power in the field. Electronic warfare launched by Iranian military forcesĬyberwarfare is a part of Iran's "soft war" military strategy. ![]()
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