Cyberattack hits Four Major Iranian Banks in Coordinated Strike

Cyberattack Hits Four Major Iranian Banks as Regional Digital Tensions Escalate

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A coordinated cyberattack has disrupted operations at four of Iran’s major banks, marking one of the latest high-profile incidents targeting the country’s financial infrastructure amid rising global cyber tensions.

According to Iranian banking authorities, the attack affected Bank Melli, Bank Tejarat, Bank Saderat, and the Export Development Bank of Iran after hackers targeted a shared communications system used across the institutions. The disruption led to temporary service outages, affecting customer access to digital banking services and internal operations.

Officials say technical teams were immediately deployed to contain the incident and restore systems, with recovery efforts still ongoing. While banking services were temporarily impacted, authorities have stressed that no customer data was compromised or deleted during the attack.

The coordinated nature of the breach has raised concerns about the vulnerability of interconnected banking infrastructure, particularly systems that rely on centralized communication networks. Cybersecurity analysts note that such shared systems can become high-value targets for attackers seeking to maximize disruption across multiple institutions at once.

The incident comes at a time of heightened cyber activity globally, with financial institutions increasingly caught in the crossfire of geopolitical tensions and state-linked cyber operations. Iran has previously faced waves of cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, including banking and energy systems, often linked to broader regional conflicts and digital espionage campaigns.

Authorities have not yet publicly attributed the latest attack to any specific group or nation-state, and investigations are ongoing to determine the origin, method, and potential motivations behind the breach.

As banks work to restore full services, the incident underscores growing concerns about the resilience of national financial systems in an era where cyber warfare is becoming an increasingly common tool of disruption.

For customers, officials have urged continued vigilance while systems are being stabilized, assuring that normal banking operations will resume once security checks are fully completed.