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Iran accuses Israel of failed cyber attack
TEHRAN, Nov 5, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Iran accused Israel on Monday of launching
a failed cyber attack against its communications systems.
“A regime whose record in using cyber weapons is clear from cases such as
Stuxnet has tried this time to damage Iran’s communication infrastructure,”
said Information Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi on his Twitter
account.
He was referring to the Stuxnet virus, discovered in 2010 and believed to
have been engineered by Israel and the United States, which damaged nuclear
facilities in Iran.
“Thanks to vigilance of the technical teams, they returned empty-handed.
We will follow up this hostile action through international forums,” Jahromi
said.
His deputy, Hamid Fattahi, said technical teams had intercepted multiple
attempts to infiltrate their systems early on Monday, and had been “strongly
warded off”.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1650 hrs