According to the Iranian agency, the hackers managed to break into the information system and email of one of the companies operating at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. The agency blamed a foreign country for the attack, without providing further details. Earlier, Tehran claimed that the information systems of its nuclear organizations have been attacked by Israel and the United States.
On the Telegram network, hacker group Black Reward claimed responsibility for the attack, demanding the release of those detained during anti-government protests. The group claims to have managed to steal a large volume of data regarding plans, contracts and other details relating to the Bushehr power plant. He has published some data.
Iran has been experiencing strong anti-government protests since mid-September, triggered by the detention and subsequent death of 22-year-old Mahsa Aminíová. She was allegedly arrested for wearing a hijab that was too large, a scarf that a woman should use to cover her hair, neck and breasts in Muslim society and that women in Iran have had to wear in public since the 1979 Islamic revolution. parents, the girl died as a result of ill-treatment and torture by the police, which the authorities deny.
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Iranian authorities are cracking down on the protests and at least 200 people have been killed during the police crackdown, according to NGOs. Apparently, hundreds or thousands of other people have been detained.
Búšehr began to be built in 1975 with the help of Germany and France. After the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979, Germany withdrew from construction, the subsequent long Iraq-Iran war interrupted construction. Russia was involved in the completion of the reactor in 1995, thanks to which a reactor with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts was completed. Iran is negotiating with Moscow to further expand the facility.
