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Iranian news site confirms banking issues due to cyberattack after hacking claim
An Iranian man withdraws money from an ATM machine at a Bank Sepah in the capital Tehran on January 19, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
Iran’s semi-official Fars news reports that customers are experiencing issues with Bank Sepah due to a cyberattack, after a group of hackers linked to Israel claimed to have broken into the institution and interrupted its operations.
The report from Fars says the problems with Sepah may ripple to gas stations that rely on the bank to process transactions.
It says the issue is expected to be resolved in the next few hours.
At the same time, a spokesperson for Iran’s central bank is quoted telling state-run IRNA that all banking operations are running smoothly and providing service to their customers.
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