Iran’s telecoms minister says the country has successfully repelled one of the most extensive cyberattacks ever launched against its communications infrastructure, stressing that the assault was neutralized through coordinated domestic and international defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sattar Hashemi said that the country came under a massive cyberattack targeting its communications infrastructure late last week, describing it as one of the largest and most widespread in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn Sunday afternoon, the country witnessed one of the biggest and most extensive cyberattacks against its communications infrastructure. The attacks were launched from more than 120,000 different sources across the world and specifically targeted one of the country\u2019s telecommunications service providers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hashemi said the attack was fully repelled due to preventive measures already in place. \u201cWith the arrangements that had been made, the attack was completely thwarted and neutralized,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister noted that Iran manages cyber threats on two fronts from both outside and inside the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt the external level, part of the attacks is controlled using the capacity of international internet service providers and equipment installed outside the country. However, a large portion of these attacks passes through that layer and is managed domestically, relying on the capabilities of locally produced products and the capacity of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Company,\u201d Hashemi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister emphasized that the scale and intensity of the latest assault could have caused serious disruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis attack, in terms of its scope and severity, is among the most significant cyberattacks in recent times and could have created major challenges for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But thanks to vigilance, proper planning, and the round-the-clock efforts of communications experts, it was contained without leading to a crisis,\u201d Hashemi stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing recent reports of slower internet speeds, the minister said the cyberattacks had temporarily affected bandwidth availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe coincidence of these large-scale cyberattacks led to part of the country\u2019s bandwidth being occupied, which can temporarily cause a drop in speed or disruptions in service quality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, \u201cimproving the quality of communications services through serious and fundamental infrastructure projects remains firmly on the agenda of the Ministry of Communications\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On Monday, Behzad Akbari, head of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Company, also said that Iran\u2019s network had confronted an unprecedented distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLast night, the infrastructure network identified and countered the largest DDoS attack in recent years in terms of packets per second, targeting one of the country\u2019s operators,\u201d he said in a post on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that \u201cthe attack exceeded 720 million packets per second, of which 502 million packets per second were mitigated by the infrastructure company\u2019s own systems, with the remainder countered outside the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akbari further noted that the attack, carried out from 125,000 distributed sources around the world, ranked among the world\u2019s 12 largest cyberattacks in terms of packets per second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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