Iranian Oil Ministry hackers traced back to US

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2035734.html

Trend News Agency
9 June 2012

Iranian computer experts have identified the nationality of those who 
sought to hack the country's oil ministry computers in April, police 
officials announced on Saturday, adding that the hackers were traced to 
the US, FNA reported.

"2 American IPs were identified in the (cyber) attack against the oil 
ministry," Head of Information Production and Exchange Department of the 
Law Enforcement Police General Seyed Kamal Hadianfar told reporters on 
Saturday.

Noting that the Iranian foreign ministry and Interpol have pursued the 
case, he said that the US should disclose the identities of the two IPs 
to Iran so that the country can identify those who have embarked on the 
act of sabotage (and file a lawsuit against them).

Unknown hackers sought to infiltrate the Oil Ministry's main servers on 
April 23, but they failed.

Later in April a senior Iranian official announced that the oil 
ministry's cyber team had identified the main and hidden agenda of the 
cyber attack.

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