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Iran’s Rail Service May Have Come Under Hacker Attack With Fake Cancellation Messages – Report
Iran’s Rail Service May Have Come Under Hacker Attack With Fake Cancellation Messages – Report
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Iran has previously blamed malicious cyber activities against its nuclear plant Natanz and other facilities on its adversaries - Israel and the United States... 10.07.2021, Sputnik International
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Iran’s rail system came under a presumed hacker attack on Friday, Fars News Agency said in a report that was swiftly deleted from its website.The report initially stated that fake messages about cancellations and delays appeared on display boards across Iranian train stations, with passengers advised by hackers to call a phone number for more information, that of the office of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.Messages such as “long delays following a cyberattack” had caused “unprecedented chaos” across stations, Fars News Agency said in the now-deleted piece, that was quoted by Bloomberg and AP news.The state broadcaster IRIB added that trains were delayed and the work of ticket offices and station entrances had been disrupted as a result of the purported attack.The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways’ computer systems were also reportedly affected, with the company’s website www.rai.ir not loading as of Saturday 12:20 p.m.However, the railway company’s General Manager Sadegh Sekri later told ISNA news agency that “no problems or disturbances” had affected rail stations or passengers. Rather, a reported “disorder” has occurred at “commercial area” but the source of his disruption has remained unknown.The country’s state officials didn’t comment on the reports.Iran’s former Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said last year that Tehran is facing “hundreds” of cyberattacks every day, with most of them being blamed on the US. In April, Tehran accused Israel of carrying out a sabotage attack on its nuclear facility Natanz which has damaged its centrifuges. Israel neither denied nor confirmed these claims.
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Iran’s Rail Service May Have Come Under Hacker Attack With Fake Cancellation Messages – Report
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Iran has previously blamed malicious cyber activities against its nuclear plant Natanz and other facilities on its adversaries - Israel and the United States. In 2019, the Iranian telecommunications ministry said that the country had defused a massive cyberattack on its “electronic infrastructure”.
Iran’s rail system came under a presumed hacker attack on Friday, Fars News Agency said in a report that was swiftly deleted from its website.
The report initially stated that fake messages about cancellations and delays appeared on display boards across Iranian train stations, with passengers advised by hackers to call a phone number for more information, that of the office of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.
Messages such as “long delays following a cyberattack” had caused “unprecedented chaos” across stations, Fars News Agency
said in the now-deleted piece, that was
quoted by Bloomberg and AP news.
The state broadcaster IRIB added that trains were delayed and the work of ticket offices and station entrances had been disrupted as a result of the purported attack.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways’ computer systems were also reportedly affected, with the company’s website www.rai.ir not loading as of Saturday 12:20 p.m.
However, the railway company’s General Manager Sadegh Sekri later
told ISNA news agency that “no problems or disturbances” had affected rail stations or passengers. Rather, a reported “disorder” has occurred at “commercial area” but the source of his disruption has remained unknown.
"There have been no disruptions or cyber attacks on the passenger, freight or intercity train stations,” the official said.
The country’s state officials didn’t comment on the reports.
Iran’s former Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said last year that Tehran
is facing “hundreds” of cyberattacks every day, with most of them being blamed on the US. In April, Tehran accused Israel of carrying out a sabotage attack on its nuclear facility Natanz which has damaged its centrifuges. Israel neither denied nor confirmed these claims.
