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Iran says it repelled ‘the most widespread, complex’ cyberattack

The Jerusalem Post reports: “Iran repelled a large cyberattack on its infrastructure on Sunday, said the head of its Infrastructure Communications Company, a day after a powerful explosion damaged its most important container port and another round of talks with the US over Tehran’s nuclear program.

‘One of the most widespread and complex cyberattacks against the country’s infrastructure was identified and preventive measures were taken,’ Behzad Akbari said on Monday, according to semi-official Tasnim news agency, without giving more detail.

Tehran and Washington concluded a third round of nuclear talks on Saturday in Oman, on the same day Iran’s biggest port of Bandar Abbas was rocked by a large explosion whose cause remains unknown.

Chemicals at the port were suspected to have fueled the explosion, but the exact cause was not clear and Iran’s Defense Ministry denied international media reports that the blast may be linked to the mishandling of solid fuel used for missiles…”

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