Iran denies supporting US bank hacking


An aide unveils a wanted poster before U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey hold a news conference to announce indictments on Iranian hackers for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on several U.S. banks and a New York dam, at the Justice Department in Washington March 24, 2016. -Reuters

TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday denied supporting cyber attacks against the United States after a New York court indicted seven Iranians over hacking dozens of American banks and a major dam.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has never had dangerous cyber actions on its agenda and does not support such measures,” Hossein Jaber Ansari, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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