Between July 2023 and June 2024, nearly 40 percent of network intrusions launched by Iranian nation-state cyber threat actors against other countries targeted the education and research industry. The IT sector ranked second, with 11 percent, followed by government organizations, with seven percent of the detected cyberattacks.
Industry sectors most targeted by Iranian nation-state or state-affiliated cyber threat actors from July 2023 to June 2024, by type
Characteristic
Share of cyber attacks
Education and research
19%
IT
11%
Government
7%
Transportation
6%
Finance
4%
Communications
4%
Energy
3%
Commercial Facilities
3%
Manufacturing
3%
All others
42%
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