A $90 million crypto theft from Nobitex marks the second cyberattack on Iran’s financial systems in as many days. Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility for both attacks.
A Bank Sepah branch in Tehran, Iran in 2021. Iran-focused media outlets report Bank Sepah branches are closed after a cyberattack. (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
The attack introduces a clear cyber element with immediate consequences for the country’s critical infrastructure amid a growing conflict between Israel and Iran.
The Iranian national flag is seen outside the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters during the agency’s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on March 1, 2021. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)
A picture taken from the plain of Khiam shows a man waving an Iranian flag as smoke rises from burning dry grass, following skirmishes between Lebanese youths and Israeli soldiers, at a rally to mark the 23rd anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, on May 25, 2023. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
SURREY, ENGLAND – JUNE 2006: Twenty water clarifiers continue the process of water purification at this Waste Water Treatment Plant near Camberley in this aerial photo taken on 23rd June 2006. (David Goddard/Getty Images)