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June 29, 2022
Risky Biz News: Hackers hit Iranian steel industry
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According to a report from the Associated Press, the video showed equipment from Khouzestan Steel, which had to halt operations as a result of the incident. The two other companies did not report any work stoppage as a result of the cyberattack.
In a series of tweets posted on Tuesday, researchers from security firm Check Point said they identified the malware used in the attack, which they named Chaplin, after the name of one of its files.
Check Point said the malware appears to be a newer version of Meteor, the wiper used in a data-wiping attack against Iran's national railway system last summer. But unlike Meteor, Check Point said that Chaplin did not contain any data-wiping functionality.