An online attack on Iran that cuts off the Internet before launching a satellite
**Iran has been subjected to an electronic attack that resulted in the interruption of Internet service to the country, without specifying the source of the attack.
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Sajjad Banabi, a member of the Iranian Communications Company’s management committee, announced in a tweet on Twitter, “The mobile and fixed network internet faced a malfunction at 11:44 pm local time against the background of an attack targeting the distribution of digital servers,” noting that after the intervention of the shield, “DJFA” , And the efforts of workers at the telecommunications company, the Internet service has returned to normal.
DJFA is an Iranian system for protecting information security and digital infrastructure, and it is called the "National Information Network Security Shield".
In an interview with the Iranian "Mehr" agency, Banabi pointed out that "the source of the cyberattack was East Asia and North America," adding, "It does not appear that the attack was targeted and planned by a country, but that the Hackers groups stand behind it."
The electronic attack on Iran comes at a time when it is preparing to launch the "Zafar" satellite, during the forty-first anniversary celebrations of the victory of the Islamic revolution in the country.
Today in the morning before the attack, news reported by Iranian news agencies and websites about the delay in launching the moon, but Iranian television quoted an official in the Iranian Space Organization, denying the delay in launching the moon, saying that "work is going on naturally in order to launch it into space."
The Iranian official, who was not identified, said that the industrial launch of "Zafar" depends on the availability of several factors, including appropriate climatic conditions.
He denied "the existence of any problem in the Zafar satellite or the missile that will carry it," stressing that "everything is under control", while revealing that "it will be launched into space in the most appropriate climatic conditions tomorrow, Sunday, to be put into orbit."
The weight of the "Simorgh" missile is more than 80 tons, and it is scheduled to carry the satellite Zafar to orbit at a distance of 530 km from the globe, and the duration of the moon's stability in orbit from the moment of launch takes 8 minutes.
The weight of the "Zafar" satellite, which will be carried by Simorgh to the space, is 113 kilograms, its useful age or its mission in orbit takes one and a half years, and it is scheduled to settle in the LEO at the s & f frequency at an altitude of 530 kilometers from Earth.