Earlier this week, almost everyone in Iran lost internet access to what was called “almost a total of national internet stream”.
At that time, it was not clear what happened or who was responsible for the closure, which seriously limits the Iranian media to receive information about the ongoing war with Israel, as well as their ability to communicate with their loved ones inside and outside the country.
Now, the Iranian government has confirmed that it has ordered the closure to protect against Israeli cyberbasis.
“We have previously stated that if necessary, we will definitely turn to a national internet and limit global internet access. Security is our main concern and see Cyberettacks about the critical infrastructure and disorders of the country in banks’ operation,” said Fatemeh Mohajrani. A local news story. “Many of the enemy aircraft are managed and controlled via the internet and a large amount of information is exchanged in this way.
Mohajerani referred to the halves of Sepah Bank and Iranian Cryptocurrency Exchange Nobitex. In both cases, a hacker group called Dedatory Sparrow (also known in Farsi as “Gonjeshke Darande”) took responsibility and said he attacked Iranian organizations to harm the regime. Dedatory Sparrow is a mysterious group that is supposed to be a Pro-Israel Hackivists group, which had great success to disturb the basic services in Iranlike gas station and steel.
Everyday Iranians, inside and outside the country, suffer from the closure of the internet in the middle of Israeli bombings.
Amir Rashidi, director of Cyber Security and Digital Rights at Miaan Group, told TechCrunch that his family was evacuated in Tehran as they lived in a neighborhood that the Israeli government warned it would target.
“I haven’t heard of them in two days, but someone is supposed to let me know. I hope everything is okay,” Rashidi said. It’s not just the internet. All forms of communication from outside the country have been cut off – even phone calls. If you try to call from overseas, the phone will not hit in and you will hear a meaningless recorded message at the end. ”
Nariman Gharib, an Iranian activist and independent Cyber-espionage researcher living in the United Kingdom, said a small group of people are able to connect to the internet because they know how to use virtual private servers as proxies or become lucky with their ADSL connections.
“There are not many people who can be done online,” Gharib told TechCrunch. “My friends are technologically I understand so they can bypass the restrictions, but in general, it is very difficult because we have a complete internet internet in the country.”
