Security News > 2020 > February > Was Internet in Iran Hit by DDoS Attack?
Over the weekend, an extensive disruption to Iran's telecommunication networks knocked out about 25 percent of the country's internet service for several hours, according to NetBlocks, a nonprofit organization that tracks internet freedom across the globe.
The disruption, which took place at about 11:45 a.m. local time Saturday, caused an initial outage of cellular and fixed-line services in Iran for nearly an hour, with the country only able to partially recover its full internet service several hours after the incident, NetBlocks says.
Iran closed down internet access in November during mass street demonstrations in protest of the government, according to a previous report from NetBlocks.
The recent internet outage in Iran comes in the aftermath of the death of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed Jan. 3 in a U.S. drone strike.
In October 2019, Reuters reported that the U.S. carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran after the country targeted two Saudi Arabian oil facilities in a drone attack.
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