Security News > 2020 > February > Iran Says Foils Cyberattack Targeting Internet Providers
Iran repelled a cyberattack on Saturday that disrupted the country's internet services for an hour, a telecommunications ministry official said.
"At 11:44 a distributed denial-of-service attack disrupted the internet services of some mobile and fixed operators for an hour," tweeted Sajad Bonabi.
Iran said in December it had thwarted a "Highly organised cyberattack" targeting its e-government infrastructure.
In late September, the country's energy sector was put "On full alert" to the threat of "Physical and cyber" attacks a few days after Iran denied media reports its oil installations had been disrupted by a cyberattack.
Iranian authorities imposed a near-total internet blackout in mid-November when street violence broke out during demonstrations against a surprise decision to hike petrol prices.