Iran: Cyberattack targets gas stations and alters billboards
By DW
30 October 2021 |
3:38 pm
A widespread cyberattack has hit gas stations and billboards across Iran, halting some fuel sales. Billboards have been altered to anti-regime messages challenging Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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