Three Iranian Steel Companies Targeted in Cyberattack by Likely State-Backed Hacktivists

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One of Iran’s largest steel companies, Khuzestan Steel Company, was hit by a massive cyberattack bringing the industry to a grinding halt, with a murky hacktivist group, Predatory Sparrow, taking credit.

A steel mill in the central Iranian town of Mobarakeh said its system was also struck. At the same time, the state-run IRAN newspaper reported that another factory in the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas was targeted in the cyberattack. However, neither plant acknowledged any damage or work stoppage as a result.

CEO Amin Ebrahimi claimed that Khuzestan Steel managed to thwart the cyberattack and prevent damage to production that would impact supply chains and customers. However, he said nothing of the explosion shown in footage supplied by the hacker group. A local news channel, Jamaran, meanwhile reported that the att…