Iran’s government says that the country was subject to a “massive” cyber-attack on Saturday, describing it as ”the most extensive cyberattack against its infrastructure.”
Iranian News Agency reports that hackers targeted millions of internet users and were able to interrupt the internet which “they targeted millions of sources and millions of destinations by SYN flood attack with 180 million PPS aiming to disturb Iran internet network”.
The Iranian government also says that the attack affected several service providers in Iran, including two notable mobile operators and was defused by defense system called DEJFA or the ‘Domestic Digital Fortress’ isolation mechanism.
