A cyberattack on Sunday disrupted entry to Iran’s privately-owned Mahan Air, state TV reported, marking the newest in a sequence of cyberattacks on Iranian infrastructure which have shored up the nation.
Mahan Air’s web site displayed an error message stating that the location couldn’t be reached. The provider mentioned in an announcement that it had “failed” the assault and that its flight schedule was not affected, including that it has suffered comparable breaches previously.
Several Mahan Air clients throughout Iran obtained unusual textual content messages on Sunday. A bunch calling itself the Husayran-Watan, or Observers of the Fatherland, claimed to have carried out the assault in collective texts, citing the airline’s cooperation with Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. The self-described hacking group offered no proof.
Mahan Air flies from Tehran to a couple dozen locations in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The US Treasury Department, which complies with sanctions, blacklisted the airline in 2011 for allegedly “providing financial, material and technical assistance” to the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force answerable for the Islamic Republic’s operations overseas. Was.
The Treasury accused Mahan Air of carrying arms, tools and personnel to the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.
Major cyberattacks have struck numerous Iranian techniques in current months, together with one in October that crippled gasoline stations throughout the nation, leaving indignant motorists stranded in lengthy traces to purchase backed gas. Are unable to make use of their authorities issued card.
Without naming any particular nation, President Ibrahim Raisi sought to inflict dysfunction and disruption on anti-Iranian forces for the hacking.
Another assault focused the rail system, inflicting widespread confusion with many trains being delayed and canceled throughout Iran.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
