A LOCAL civil defence official has
denied an earlier account that a fresh cyber attack on industrial units
in the southern province of Hormuzgan had been repelled, Iran's state
broadcaster website reports.
"At a press conference we announced readiness to confront cyber
attacks against Hormuzgan installations, which was mistakenly reported
by the agencies as a cyber attack having been foiled," Ali Akbar Akhavan
said.
Earlier on Tuesday, ISNA news agency quoted him as saying:
"A virus had penetrated some manufacturing industries in Hormuzgan
province, but its progress was halted with ... the co-operation of
skilled hackers."
According to ISNA, Akhavan said one of the
targets of the latest foiled attack was the Bandar Abbas Tavanir Co,
which oversees electricity production and distribution in Hormuzgan and
adjacent provinces.
He had said the malware was "Stuxnet-like" but did not elaborate and the attack had occurred over the "past few months".
Stuxnet, tailored specifically to target Iran's uranium enrichment
operation, struck Iran in 2010 and reportedly dealt a serious blow to
its disputed atomic program.
Iran has blamed the US and Israel for
cyber attacks in the past. In April, it said a voracious virus attack
had hit computers running key parts of its oil sector and succeeded in
wiping data off official servers.
Tehran is at odds with
Washington and its allies which fear Iran's nuclear activity is aimed at
developing nuclear weapons. But Iran says its program is solely for
peaceful purposes.
The US and Israel do not rule out military
action against the Islamic state if diplomacy fails to stop its
controversial nuclear activity.
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