Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Albania Suffers 2nd major cyber attacks from Iran in about two months

Why would an obscure country like Albania be severely and repeatedly cyber attacked by Iran? Apparently, major public/government services had to be shut down.

"... Albania blamed Iran for the July attack and Wednesday cut diplomatic ties over the affair.
The two countries have been bitter foes for years, since the Balkan state began hosting members of the opposition People's Mujahedeen of Iran, or Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK), on its soil.
[Prime Minister] Rama on Wednesday accused Iran of directing a cyberattack against Albanian institutions July 15 in a bid to "paralyze public services and hack data and electronic communications from the government systems." ..."

Albania Suffers 2nd Cyberattack, Blames Iran

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