Iran’s government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks

Earlier this week, Almost everyone in Iran has lost access to the Internet In what was called a “used breakdown on the internet almost total”.

At the time, it was not clear what had happened or which was responsible for the closure, which seriously limited the means of the Iranians to obtain information on the war in progress with Israel, as well as their ability to communicate with dear beings inside and outside the country.

Now the Iranian government has confirmed that it had ordered the closure to protect itself from Israeli cyber attacks.

“We previously declared that if necessary, we will certainly go to a national internet and restrict global access on the Internet. Security is our main concern, and we are witnessing cyber attacks on the country’s critical infrastructure and disturbances in the operation of banks, “said Fatemeh Mohajerani, Iran spokesperson A new local. “Many enemy drones are managed and controlled via the Internet, and a large amount of information is exchanged in this way. An exchange of cryptocurrency was also hacked, and taking into account all these problems, we decided to impose restrictions on the Internet. ”

Mohajerani referred to hacks on Banks And Iranian cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex. In both cases, a group of pirates called Sparrow predator (also known in Farsi under the name of “Gonjeshke Darande”) claimed responsibility and said that he attacking Iranian organizations to harm the regime. The Sparrow predator is a mysterious group which claims to be a group of pro-Israeli hacktivists, which was very successful in disturbing key services in Iranas service stations And steel plants.

Every day, the Iranians, in and outside the country, suffer from the internet closure in the middle of Israeli bombings.

Amir Rashidi, director of cybersecurity and digital rights to the Miaan group, told Techcrunch that his family had evacuated Tehran because they lived in a neighborhood that the Israeli government warned that it was going to target.

“I have not heard of them in two days, but someone is supposed to update me. I hope everything is fine,” said Rashidi. It’s not just the internet. All forms of communication from the outside inside the country have been cut – even telephone calls. If you try to call from the outside, the phone does not resonate inside and you will hear a significance message without your side. “”

Nariman Gharib, an Iranian activist and an investigator of independent cyber-spying who lives in the United Kingdom, said that a small group of people could connect because they know how to use virtual private servers as proxy or “have luck with their ADSL connections, because there are disturbances in the network.”

“There are not many people online,” Gharib told Techcrunch. “My friends are warned in technology, so they can get around the restrictions, but generally, it’s very difficult because we have a complete internet closure in the country.”