American officials say the United States attacked Iran in a cyber operation after Tehran allegedly hit two Saudi oil facilities in a September strike.
The officials said Wednesday that the U.S. attack happened in September and looked to hurt Iran’s ability to disseminate “propaganda,” according to Reuters.
Iran responded by saying the attack never happened.
“They must have dreamt it,” Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, an Iranian government spokesperson, said.
The Sept. 14 strikes on Saudi oil plants threatened to disrupt oil markets, and the U.S., which has since blamed Iran, was forced to move additional troops and missiles to Saudi Arabia in response to the attack.
Iran warned last month that any attack in response would lead to “all-out war.”
The Pentagon would not comment on the cyberattack, saying that “as a matter of policy” they “do not discuss cyberspace operations, intelligence, or planning.”
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