Israel-linked hacking group claims attack on Iranian gas pumps

[rbc]

A sophisticated hacking group linked to Israel claimed responsibility on Sunday for carrying out a cyberattack that disrupted a significant portion of Iran’s gas stations.

The group known as Predatory Sparrow wrote in a statement to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that the attack had knocked out “a majority of the gas pumps throughout Iran” and that it came “in response to the aggression of the Islamic Republic and its proxies in the region.”

“Khamenei, playing with fire has a price,” the post added, referring to Iran’s supreme leader.

Iran’s oil minister, Javad Owji, told Iranian state TV that as many as 70% of the country’s gas stations had been disrupted in the incident, which is the second time in the past two years that Predatory Sparrow has disrupted gasoline supplies in Iran. An Israeli government spokesperson declined to comment on the incident during a Monday briefing.
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Israel-linked hacking group claims attack on Iranian gas pumps