Cyber attack forces Iranian steel company to stop production
The state-owned Khuzestan Steel Company said in a statement that experts had determined the company was unable to continue operations “due to technical problems and will be closed until further notice” following “attacks computer scientists “. The company’s website appeared to be out of order.
A local news channel, Jamaran, reported that the attack did not cause any structural damage to the steel mill as the factory was not operational at the time due to a power outage.
The company has not blamed any specific group for the assault, which is just the latest example of an attack on the country’s services in recent weeks. Iran previously accused the United States and Israel of cyber attacks that targeted and paralyzed the country’s infrastructure.
Khuzestan Steel Company, headquartered in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, has a monopoly on steelmaking in Iran along with two other major state-owned companies. Established before the 1979 Iranian Islamic revolution, the company for decades had some production lines supplied by German, Italian and Japanese companies.
