Cyber attacks increased 20 times in the last year

Minister of Communications: cyber attacks increased 20 times in the last year

According to the IDEA, with referring to the 20-fold increase in cyber attacks in the past year, the Minister of Communications emphasized that with the increase in the level of preparations against cyber attacks, a large part of the country’s vital services supported by the Ministry of Communications are placed in a safe margin.

According to the IDEA, and quoted by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, “Isa Zarepour”, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, announced this morning at the conference commemorating the inactive defense week: “Today, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is among the ministries that directly interact with People’s lives and any disruption in communication can cause serious problems for people.”

Zarepour believes that people should pay special attention to the issue of passive defense and preparedness against threats and increase the level of preparedness against threats in advance and plan for it.

Pointing out that in the Ministry of Communications, various regulations have been prepared and compiled to ensure the accuracy of the performance of various departments, Zarepour clarified: “Of course, apart from these general measures, radical and fundamental works have also been done, one of the most important of which is the launch and One hundred percent of the country’s traffic is handled by the domain name service management system or DNS.

Referring to the enemy’s continuous efforts to damage the country’s communication infrastructure, he said: “In the past year, the volume of DOS (denial of service attack) and DDOS (distributed denial of service) cyber attacks has increased 20 times, and the main target of these blind attacks is Disrupting and disabling the process of providing services to businesses is the opposite of the goal of passive defense, which is to ensure the provision of services to the people“.

He added: “Dealing with this level and volume of attacks requires special measures, in this regard, the infrastructure communication company is currently dealing with it and has expanded the systems to deal with DOS and DDOS attacks, and this has caused a large part of services The country’s vital, which are supported by the Ministry of Communications, are placed in a safe margin.

Previously, the inactive defense chief had announced the neutralization of dozens of cyber attacks on the country’s infrastructure. In the report published earlier this year, Infrastructure Communications Company emphasized that it has repelled more than 8,000 cyber attacks. Needless to say, the Minister of Communications had previously announced that one of the main reasons for the decline in the quality of the network and the Internet is cyber attacks on the country’s infrastructure.

It should also be noted that with the growth of filtering and the subsequent growth of the use of filter breakers, the security of the Internet network in Iran has decreased and paved the way for cyber attacks.