On the evening of Saturday, June 13, the Coordination Council of Iranian Banks announced that a widespread disruption in the services of four of the country’s banks occurred following a “limited cyberattack.”
Extent of the Disruption
In a statement acknowledging ongoing restrictions for customers of Bank Melli, Bank Tejarat, Bank Saderat, and the Export Development Bank, the Council announced that the process of restoring services to normal is underway and that banking services will resume as quickly as possible.
Before this confirmation, domestic media had reported simultaneous disruptions in the electronic services of these four banks. The outage had knocked several services offline, including:
Mobile banking appsInternet banking platformsATMs (Automated Teller Machines)POS (Point of Sale) terminalsCertain card-based servicesData Security and Official Responses
