Security News > 2020 > October > Iran Acknowledges Cyberattacks on Government Departments
Iran's cybersecurity authority acknowledged cyberattacks on two governmental departments this week, state media reported Thursday.
The cyberattacks occurred Tuesday and Wednesday and were under investigation, the state-owned IRAN daily newspaper said.
While the report did not say which government departments were targeted, it called the attacks "Important" and said some other departments temporarily took down their online services as a precaution against further attacks.
Iran occasionally says it has thwarted cyberattacks on its infrastructure, although it has disconnected much of its infrastructure from the internet after the Stuxnet computer virus, widely believed to be a joint U.S.-Israeli creation, disrupted thousands of Iranian centrifuges in the country's nuclear sites in the late 2000s.
Tensions have escalated between the U.S. and Iran since Trump in 2018 withdrew America from Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and began a policy of "Maximum pressure" on Tehran.