Iran transport ministry hit by second apparent cyberattack in days
DUBAI (Reuters) – The website of Iran’s transport ministry was taken down on Saturday by what state television talked about was a “cyber disruption”, a day after an apparent cyberattack on the state railway agency.
Computer methods of the employees of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development have been the subject of the assault which resulted in the ministry’s portal and sub-portal web sites becoming unavailable, the TV channel reported.
It didn’t give any indication of who it believed might need been behind the assault and did not say if any ransom demand had been made.
Train suppliers had been disrupted on Friday, with hackers posting fake delay notices on station boards, state-affiliated data outlets reported. The government-run railway agency talked about solely the reveals had been affected and that trains ran normally.
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