Iranian banks hit by major cyber attack

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/iran-eastern-states/artc-iranian-banks-hit-by-major-cyber-attack-reportedly-one-of-largest-in-history

by mhb • 2 years ago

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Workaccount2• 2 years ago

I'm inclined to think that this must be a state sponsored attack, yet I wonder the about the value of pissing off the public. Seems like it would just help to galvanize support of the Iranian government.

throw3108222• 2 years ago

Israel is doing anything it can to provoke a response from Iran- then it'll turn back to the West and demand more money, weapons and diplomatic support to "defend itself".

AnimalMuppet• 2 years ago

That cuts both ways. Iran has also doing plenty to provoke Israel, for years - though they mostly do it through proxies. (But chanting "Death to Israel" at the inauguration of their president? That is not a benign, neutral act.)

zug_zug• 2 years ago

The article certainly paints it in that light.

I also agree that it isn't clear to me how stealing information from private citizens would be a justified response for ongoing tensions in the region.

Not sure why you're downvoted.

infecto• 2 years ago

I could see a scenario where states like Israel could see a benefit to provoke. Impossible to say for sure but I can at least see a possibility.

erie• 2 years ago

They are denying it : Central Bank: No bank has been hacked According to Mashreq, the Central Bank Media's Twitter account wrote: Rumors of the enemy media to prevent the fall of the dollar / no system has been hacked. https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/1633345/بانک-مرکزی-هیچ-بانک...

curiousllama• 2 years ago

Wildly speculating - could this be a response to Iran trying to hack both presidential campaigns?

https://www.wired.com/story/iran-apt42-trump-biden-harris-ph...

"Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations"

underlogic• 2 years ago

That was my first thought. It's a clear signal from the US to stop interfering

underdeserver• 2 years ago

Twitter seems to think that the only source for this is Iran International, and there's been no corroboration, so take with a grain of salt.

meiraleal• 2 years ago

Thanks. I will first take any twitter source with double amount of salt.

xander158• 2 years ago

It was reported as fake news. Someone taped a piece of paper to an ATM and suddenly its the largest cyber attack in history.

sandworm101• 2 years ago

I don't see that even a real attack taking out every ATM in Iran would qualify as the largest anything in history. There aren't enough ATMs in the country.

woodruffw• 2 years ago

The phrasing could be bad, given that it's a (likely) ESL source: they might mean it's one of the largest cyberattacks on Iran in history.

(I don't have a factual opinion on the claim, only that this phrasing interpretation seems possible to me.)

epgui2• 2 years ago

Adding to other commenters' skepticism, I'm not sure this even makes sense.

I'm not an expert, but I know that regular people don't have accounts with the central bank, and I know central banks aren't responsible for operating ATMs. If there was a link between the two (eg.: interbank lending issues), it would need explaining, and I feel like it would be covered in financial news (Bloomberg, FT, etc).

There's either a lot of important detail missing, or this was written by someone who doesn't know how banking works.

jddj• 2 years ago

Not suggesting the article is credible, but to address your point there the second paragraph starts "other banks..."

epgui2• 2 years ago

Granted. That might have been a reading comprehension miss on my part.

andyjohnson02• 2 years ago

No mention of this on NYT/BBC/Guardian sites. Fake?

tharmas• 2 years ago

I hope this is sarcasm.

andyjohnson02• 2 years ago

No it's not.

switch007• 2 years ago

I don't find an Israeli source very convincing, given Iran is a belligerent in the 40 year proxy war against Israel.

aa_is_op• 2 years ago

The source of this article is just two sentences from a Saudi-based outlet:

https://www.iranintl.com/202408144740

Iranian banks hit by major cyber attack

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