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Iran claims it has foiled all cyber-attacks launched by the US

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran's information minister, says no successful American cyber-attack has been carried out Iran claims it has foiled all US cyber-attacks launched after it shot down a spy drone last week - though credited America for 'making a lot of effort'. Jahromi made the claim on Twitter Monday after American media reported that cyber-attacks had crippled Iranian missile systems and a spy network Azari Jahromi called attacks on Iranian computer networks 'cyber-terrorism', referring to Stuxnet, the first publicly known example of a virus used to attack industrial machinery, which targeted Iran's nuclear facilities in November 2007. On Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a US-made MQ9 Reaper 'spy drone' - also widely used for carrying out military strikes - had encroached his country's airspace on May 26. Zarif's statement came after Iran said it had shot down a US Global Hawk drone on Thursday for violating its airspace near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the United States denies.

Daily Mail

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