The Israeli Parliament’s Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Ram Ben Barak hinted at Israel’s role in a cyberattack attack on Iran’s railway network.
On Saturday, Iran’s national railway's website and cargo services were disrupted in a cyberattack. Iran reported unprecedented chaos at stations with hundreds of trains delayed or canceled.
Iranian Minister of telecommunications Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi warned about possible cyberattacks though ransomwares.
Ben Barak said that Iran continues to launch attacks against Israeli institutions and bodies. It therefore must be aware that it is not secure, he added, without confirming that Israel stands behind the cyberattack.
Ben Barak stressed that Israel can’t stand idle towards attacks on it.
In 2019, an error in the Iranian railway company’s computer servers caused multiple delays in train services.
After the "Stuxnet" cyberattack in 2000, the authorities disconnected most of the infrastructure from the internet. At that time, it was reported that the cyberattack was carried out jointly by the US and Israel, Israel Defense editor Dan Arkin said.
