Iran says cyberattack causes widespread disruption at gas stations

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A cyberattack disrupted the sale of heavily subsidized gasoline in Iran on Tuesday, state media reported, causing long queues at gas stations across the country weeks before the anniversary of 2019 street protests that followed fuel price hikes.

“This attack was probably carried out by a foreign country. It is too early to announce by which country and in which way it was done,” Abolhassan Firouzabadi, secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace, told state TV.

Videos posted on social media showed apparently-hacked digital street signs carrying messages such as “Khamenei, where is our gasoline?”, in a reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Industry officials told state TV that nearly half of gas stations had reopened as technicians rushed to activate manual settings after online functions were paralyzed by hackers. Officials gave assurances there were no fuel shortages and that the remaining stations would reopen by mid-day on Wednesday.

 

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