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Iranian agencies have discovered a new hostile virus that is targeting the country’s Governmental institutions in the cyber space.

An Iranian official in charge of a cyber-defence agency had revealed the matter on Monday by saying that the virus, named as Stars is well capable of inflicting minor damages. He also said that efforts towards decoding and neutralizing the threat have already kicked off.

The Mehr News Agency from Iran reportedly quoted Gholam-Reza Jalali, a senior Revolutionary Guard as saying, “Fortunately, our scientists have successfully identified the Stars virus, which has now been sent to laboratories”. He added, "No definite final conclusions have been reached".


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