Massive Cyber Attack Rocks Iran Amid Mysterious Explosions!

Illustration of cyberattacks in cyberspace (photo: x @PressTV ·)

JAKARTA - Iran managed to thwart a massive cyberattack on its country's infrastructure on Sunday, April 27, Iran's Head of Infrastructure Communications, a day after a devastating explosion damaged the country's country's most important container port. It also coincided with a new round of talks with the United States regarding Iran's disputed nuclear program.

"One of the widest and most complex cyber attacks on state infrastructure has been identified and preventive measures have been taken," Behzad Akbari said on Monday, April 28, as quoted by the Tasnim semi-official news agency, without providing further details.

Tehran and Washington completed their third round of nuclear talks in Oman on Saturday, April 26, to coincide with a major explosion that rocked Bandar Abbas Harbor, Iran's largest port, whose cause remains unknown.

The chemicals at the port allegedly triggered the explosion, but the exact cause has not been confirmed, and Iran's Ministry of Defense has denied reports of international media linking the explosion to errors in handling solid fuels for missiles.

Iran has previously accused arch-enemy Israel of masterminding cyberattacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Iran's nuclear infrastructure should be fully dismantled not only limited to prevent the development of nuclear weapons.

In 2021, a major cyberattack on a refueling station in Iran is said to have been mostly carried out by Israel. In 2023, even greater cyber attacks disrupted about 70% of gas stations in Iran, with a group called "Predatory Sparrow" claiming responsibility for "the aggressiveness of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies in the region."