Cyber Attack on The Iranian Oil Ministry's Computer Network
The Iranian oil ministry's computer network received attack from hackers and a malware, prompting the Islamic Republic to disconnect the nation's main oil export terminal on the internet like a preventative measure, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday.
The Mehr News Agency, that is a semi-official arm in the Iranian government, reported Monday the country's principal oil terminal on Kharg Island was disconnected on the internet within the response to the attacks. Email systems associated with the targets were also pulled offline.
Iranian officials said the virus attack, which began in earnest Sunday afternoon, we had not affected oil production or exports, because the industry was still primarily mechanical and rely on the net. Officials said these were disconnecting the oil terminals and perhaps a few other installations in order to combat the virus.
Cyberattacks by well-resourced, highly capable and relentless, usually state-sponsored attackers what are named as advanced persistent threats are growing. The most common example is Stuxnet, which has been aimed at Iran&rsquos nuclear centrifuges and is widely shown to happen to be put together by the US or Israel, neither of which have confirmed their involvement.
The Iranian Students News Agency asserted the virus, called &ldquowiper&rdquo by its creator, had successfully erased info on hard disks on the Oil Ministry&rsquos headquarters, a hulking black glass skyscraper on Taleghani Street in central Tehran.
Hamdullah Mohammadnejad, your head of civil defence on the oil ministry, was reported as saying Iranian authorities had set up a crisis unit and were doing exercises the best way to neutralise the attacks.
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