By Gianluca Mezzofiore
Iran is poised to build its first “cyber army”, a top official has announced. Brig Gen Gholamreza Jalali, commander of the Civil Defence Organisation, claimed the Islamic republic would follow the example of the US, which is downsizing its army for larger cyber defence infrastructure.
“Countries like Iran also have to set up and upgrade their cyber defence headquarters and even build a cyber army,” he told Press TV.
Tehran opened a cyber defence headquarters four months ago. Its aim is to prevent computer worms breaking into and stealing data from Iran’s networks, including nuclear facilities, power plants, data centres and banks.
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