PANews reported on August 14 that the Central Bank of Iran and several other banks suffered a major cyber attack, causing widespread disruptions in the country's banking system, according to the Jerusalem Post, citing Iranian media reports. Preliminary assessments indicate that this may be one of the largest cyber attacks against Iran's national infrastructure.
In addition, market sources said that the Moscow Exchange will resume stock market trading at 17:30 Moscow time (12:30 Beijing time). Previously, the Moscow Exchange in Russia suspended trading.
Moscow Exchange issued a statement saying that on August 14, the Moscow Exchange stock market decided to temporarily suspend trading from 16:18 Moscow time (21:18 Beijing time) due to a software error. Due to the software error, most access servers were unable to connect to trading participants. The software error included incorrect memory processing on various access servers. The fault has been resolved. The stock market will resume trading at 17:30 (22:30 Beijing time), and the system is ready to withdraw orders and connect participants. Trading in the rest of the Moscow Exchange markets: derivatives market, foreign exchange market and precious metals market, as well as deposit and credit operations in the money market are all proceeding as usual.
