Iran Oil Ministry denies cyberattack
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An Iranian oil ministry official on Saturday denied a report published by a government agency that it had successfully blocked a cyberattack on an oil sector computer network.
Ahmad Tavallaei, head of IT at the National Iranian Oil Company, said in comments posted on the oil ministry's website shana.ir that a technical problem, not a cyberattack, was the reason for a temporary shutdown of the network. An Iranian government agency in charge of fighting sabotage said earlier Saturday in its website, that the networks of the Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company came under cyberattack. (AP)
