Hackers broke into one of Iran's major steel mills, belonging to the Revolutionary Guards, and documented the damage caused to a smelting facility at the site, the Iranian news site operating in London "Iran International" reported today (Monday).
The crackers uploaded a video showing a smelting facility for heavy metals at the factory of the "Husstan" steel company operating in the south of the country.
The hacker group, which calls itself the "Predatory Sparrow," claimed to have broken into two more steel mills and caused heavy damage to them as well.
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A video released by the organization and distributed by the Iranian news site shows a smelting plant in a factory in the south of the country getting out of control and causing a severe fire at the site.
Authorities in Iran have announced the closure of the plant until further notice.
Omri Wexler, a senior researcher at the Cyber Center of Tel Aviv University, claims: "Despite taking responsibility, it is difficult and early to know on whose behalf the hacker group is operating.
It is not inconceivable that these are activist groups or opponents of the regime operating in and outside Iran.
Many less significant attacks have also been attributed in the past to the Mujahideen a-Halq organization, an organization that has been opposed to the Ayatollahs regime since the Islamic Revolution.
Wexler added: "This time, it seems to be a more significant attack that focused on industrial control systems. These are industrial machines connected to computers for remote control. These attacks require a very good knowledge of the factory's architecture and therefore require good intelligence capabilities." For hackers who receive internal assistance from the factory staff.
"Such attacks have in the past been attributed mainly to foreign countries and intelligence services, but the research community has warned in the past year that non-state actors are also getting their hands on advanced attack capabilities that could allow such attacks. However, Iran has many enemies and it is difficult to determine ", The expert concluded.
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