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Official: Iranian oil ministry’s operating section safe from cyber attack

Iran Materials 16 June 2012 12:42 (UTC +04:00)
The recent cyber attack against Iran’s Oil Ministry has not interrupted the operations, director general of security affairs at the ministry Mohammad-Hossein Ardeshiri said
Official: Iranian oil ministry’s operating section safe from cyber attack

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jun.16/ Trend F.Milad/

The recent cyber attack against Iran's Oil Ministry has not interrupted the operations, director general of security affairs at the ministry Mohammad-Hossein Ardeshiri said.

Mohammad-Hossein Ardeshiri told the Fars News Agency that operating systems of the ministry are working both in automatic and manual methods. So, they have not been damaged due to the cyber attack.

An estimation of costs of the cyber attack has not been conducted yet, he added.

The head of Iran's cyber police said that the perpetrators behind the recent cyber attack on the Iranian Oil Ministry have been traced to the U.S.

Kamal Hadianfar added that two suspicious American IP addresses were identified in the cyber attack.

He said that the issue has been pursued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry and Interpol, adding that the U.S. needs to disclose the identity of the hackers to Iran.

He said that the cyber attack on the Oil Ministry was successfully neutralized.

On Monday, April 23, the Iranian Oil Ministry spokesman said a cyber attack targeted the ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company, adding, however, that it had failed to damage any key data.

"The cyber attack has not damaged the main data of the Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company as public servers are separate from the main ones; they have different [network] wirings and are not connected to the Internet," Ali-Reza Nikzad said.

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