Another Cyber Attack Directed Against Iran

Iran 'Fends Off New Stuxnet Cyber Attack' -- BBC

A power plant and other industries in southern Iran have been targeted by the Stuxnet computer worm, an Iranian civil defence official says.


But the cyber attack has been successfully rebuffed and prevented from spreading, Iranian media report.

Iran's nuclear enrichment efforts were hit hard in 2010 by the Stuxnet worm, which was also blamed for problems at industrial plants and factories.

Tehran accused Israel and the US of planting the malware.

Provincial civil defence chief Ali Akbar Akhavan said Iranian industry was constantly being targeted by "enemy cyber attacks" and companies in Hormozgan province had recently been infiltrated, the semi-official Isna news agency reported.

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More News On Reports That Iran Is Being Targeted In A New Cyber Attack

Iranian news agency reports another cyberattack by Stuxnet worm targeting industries in south -- Washington Post/AP
Stuxnet attacks Iran again, reports say -- CNet
Iran says it fended off cyber attack on industrial sites -- NBC
Cyber-attack on communication system at Iran’s industrial facilities -- Voice of Russia
Iran thwarts cyber attack against electricity company -- Press TV (Iran)
Report: Iran Defeats New Cyber Attack
-- Voice of America
Iran Suggests Attacks on Computer Systems Came From the U.S. and Israel -- New York Times

Update: Iran denies foiling cyber attack on industrial units: Report -- Economic Times

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