Cyberattacks

Iran thwarts massive cyberattack against its infrastructure

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iran successfully thwarted a large-scale cyberattack targeting the country's critical infrastructure.

Pentagon denies halt in cyber operations against Russia

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – The Pentagon has denied media reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered a halt in offensive cyber operations against Russia, according to a senior defense official.

China slams US smear attacks in cybersecurity affairs

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – The US should stop using cyber security issues to smear and slander China, Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said.

Cyberattack reported on Italy's foreign ministry, airports

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) – Hackers targeted around ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including the websites of the Foreign Ministry and Milan's two airports, putting them out of action temporarily, the country's cyber security agency said.

Russia ready to hit UK with wave of cyber attacks

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – Russia is prepared to launch a wave of cyber attacks on Britain - and can "turn the lights off for millions of people", a minister will warn.

Amid ongoing BRICS summit;

Russia says unprecedented cyber attack hits foreign ministry

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) –  The Russian Foreign Ministry's online services came under an unprecedented distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Wednesday that lasted for several hours, Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has revealed.

Ghalibaf writes to Nasrallah, offers help to Lebanon

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – The speaker of the Iranian parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has sent a message to the Secretary General of the Hezbollah movement to offer condolences over martyrdom of Lebanese in the Zionist regime terror cyber-attack.

Large-scale cyberattacks targeted occupied territories

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – A series of large-scale cyberattacks originating from Iraq have targeted the occupied Palestinian territories, according to the news sources.

Araghchi talks to Lebanese FM after Israeli cyber aggression

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Iranian foreign minister expressed Iran's readiness to receive the Lebanese injured in new Israeli aggression on the communication devices known as pagers used by Hezbollah members on Tuesday.

Lebanon to complain to UNSC over Israeli pager attack

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry says it “has begun preparing a complaint to submit to the United Nations Security Council” after hundreds were injured in an Israeli cyber-attack across the country.

Hezbollah vows "fair punishment" for major Israeli aggression

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – The Hezbollah Resistance movement in Lebanon issued a statement after a Zionist Israeli regime's cyber attack on the communication devices injured dozens of its members across Lebanon on Tuesday.

Defense ministry IT disruption impacts Dutch gov., Airport

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – An IT system failure at the Dutch Ministry of Defense disrupted several government services on Wednesday and brought air traffic at Eindhoven Airport to a standstill.

Cyberattack reported on Seattle airport

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – An apparent cyberattack disrupted internet, phones, email, and other systems at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a third day on Monday.

Iran rejects claims about hacking Trump’s pres. campaign

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has rejected claims about hacking the campaign of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying the Islamic Republic attaches no credit to such accusations.

No goal or plan for cyberattack: Iran UN mission

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations says that Iran has no goal or plan for cyberattack.

Envoy refutes Albania, Israel cyber allegations against Iran

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – An Iranian diplomat rejected the baseless accusations raised by Albania and the Israeli regime at the UNSC open debate on “Addressing the Evolving Threat in Cyberspace”.

French state services hit by unprecedented cyberattacks

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" have targeted several French government institutions just months before the Paris Olympics but have been contained, the prime minister's office said Monday.

A cyberattack blocks Albania's Parliament

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – Albania’s Parliament reported Tuesday it had suffered a cyberattack with hackers trying to get into its data and wipe them out, temporarily halting its work.

Iran vows to respond 'resolutely' to Israel's threats

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Iran has vowed to respond "resolutely" to any threats and unlawful acts that could be directed towards the Islamic Republic on the part of the Israeli regime.

Cyberattack disrupts hospital computer systems across US

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA)– Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted their computer systems, forcing some emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances to be diverted.

Top Iran security official at BRICS:

US destabilizes other countries by its interventions

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – The top Iranian security official Ali-Akbar Ahmadian addressed the 13th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers on Monday during which he focused on the US destabilizing meddling in the affairs of other countries.

Sudanese hackers claim to be behind power outages in Israel

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – A Sudanese hacker group says it has broken into the electricity network in major cities across the occupied territories in support of the Palestinians and the Resistance Front in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing power outages.

Suspected cyberattack strands thousands at Ben-Gurion Airport

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – A suspected cyberattack on Sunday disrupted the border control system at Israeli regime's Ben-Gurion Airport, local media reported.

Cyberattack targets German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall

TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) – The three divisions of Rheinmetall, a leading German armaments and technology company, were targeted by a cyberattack late Friday. The attacks, however, did not affect company operations, according to officials.

Several NATO websites hit by cyber attack

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Several NATO websites have suffered a computer attack on Sunday night, leaving the NATO Special Operations Headquarters website, among others, temporarily inoperative.

Moscow:

NATO state ‘modeling cyber strikes’ on Russian infrastructure

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – UK has been modeling cyberattacks on Russia’s critical infrastructure, the country’s deputy foreign minister said on Saturday, adding that the simulated hacks included energy facilities and were conducted under NATO guidance

Huge cyberattack on Iran's central bank neutralized

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – An Iranian cyber security official said that a widespread cyber attack on the Iranian social networking platforms as well as the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) was unsterilized last night.

Moscow:

US to Spend $11 bn on cyberattacks against 'unwanted' states

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Washington plans to spend around $11 billion next year on carrying out cyberattacks with the aim of controlling unfriendly governments, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said Saturday.