Disruptions in the online systems of four of the country’s major banks, including Bank Melli, Bank Tejarat, Bank Saderat, and the Export Development Bank of Iran, have entered their tenth day, and the remote services of these banks continue to face severe issues. During this period, customers have encountered widespread restrictions in conducting financial transactions and using online and mobile banking services.
While the Coordinating Council of Banks had announced efforts over the past few days to restore services to normal, recent remarks by Meysam Zohourian, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s Economic Commission, have shed light on new dimensions of this disruption.
Following a meeting attended by the Minister of Economy, the Governor of the Central Bank, and the CEOs of the affected banks, Zohourian announced that the source of the disruption was an attack on the shared core infrastructure and service layer of these banks. This infrastructure is managed by the Informatics Services Corporation (ISC) and also supports parts of the country’s payment networks, including Shetab and Shaparak.
According to Zohourian, despite investigations conducted by various agencies, the exact origin of this attack has not yet been determined, and even replacing the hardware has failed to fully resolve the problem. He emphasized that this indicates the disruption is not merely a simple technical glitch and could stem from a more complex crisis within the country’s banking infrastructure.
