Iran prevents cyberattack on central bank
Iran’s Infrastructure Communications Company successfully foiled a cyberattack on the central bank. The attack, a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attempt, was thwarted by the company. This incident follows previous threats from hacking groups against Iranian institutions due to anti-government protests and internet censorship concerns.
Iran’s Infrastructure Communications Company announced on 6 January 2023 that it had prevented a cyberattack on the country’s central bank. Amir Mohammadzadeh Lajevardi, head of the company, was quoted by local media as saying that the bank was targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. In October, Anonymous and other global hacking groups threatened to launch cyberattacks against Iranian institutions and officials in support of anti-government protests and to thwart internet censorship in Iran.
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