Iran says dealt with DDoS cyber attack

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Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 22:25 - 08 February 2020
Tehran 8 February _The Iranian internet service has suffered hours of disruption in what telecoms authorities say was the result of DDoS cyber attack that was dealt with swiftly.

Iran says dealt with DDoS cyber attackTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_A senior telecoms ministry official said that a “powerful” distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that began 11:54 a.m local Iranian time on Saturday caused users to experience connection issues.

Sajjad Bonabi said that the attack had affected several service providers in Iran, including two notable mobile operators.

He said in a post on Twitter that the DDoS attack was dealt with immediately using the Iranian Information Technology Fortress, known as DEJFA.

“Through an intervention by DEJFA and cooperation of colleagues in Infrastructure Company, the communications are now in a normal condition,” said Bonabi who himself is the deputy head of Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company.

The official later posted another tweet saying that a last service provider affected by the attacks had reported normal conditions later on Saturday.

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