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elections. Politico also remarked that the group was made of freelance hackers and the attack was likely carried out for monetary gain. TechCentral said the attack was probably carried out by freelance hackers. An
Iranian firm paid the hackers no less than $ 3 million to IRLeaks to stop the attack and retrieve data.
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Iranian supreme leader blamed Israel and the United States without mentioning the cyberattack on the banking system. Politico remarked it was plausible Israel or the US were involved because of tensions with Israel as well as the Americans having accused Iran of intervening in the American 2024
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made a deal with the group to retrieve the stolen information. Iran did so in order to avoid the collapse of its insatiable financial system which it feared may weaken if
Iranians were aware of the fragility of their network data theft. The Iranian financial system is characterized by government
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was also hit. According to TechCentral the hackers accessed the banks through a digital service firm called Toson. According to DarkReading notes were placed in the blocked ATMs reading “"Dear customers, it is not possible to withdraw money from the bank because all of Iran's budget and national
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IRLeaks in their attack collected data on millions of
Iranian customers including their credit card details. IRLeaks sought to sell their data on the dark web for 10 million dollars. Iran was forced to block ATMs in the country. 20 out of 29 Iranian banks were hit including
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were amongst the banks hit in the attack. The attackers were likely freelance hackers seeking financial gain. The attack occurred after the release of reports that
Iranian hackers intervened in the
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157:List of cyberattacks
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25:Central Bank of Iran
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