Iran's Atomic Energy Agency said today that hackers acting on behalf of an unidentified foreign country broke into the network of the company that manages the nuclear power plant and accessed its email system.
An anonymous hacker group calling itself Black Reward claimed responsibility for the hacking attack and is demanding that Tehran release political prisoners arrested during protests across the country.
A hacking group has said it has 50 gigabytes of internal emails, contracts and construction plans related to Iran's Russian-backed Bushehr nuclear power plant.
The hacking attack comes as Iran faces nationwide unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained on September 16 for allegedly not following a strict Islamic dress code.
Iran's nuclear energy agency said hackers broke into the email system used by the company, which operates the country's only nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr.
The agency blamed a "foreign country" for the attack, without further explanation. Iran has accused the US and Israel of earlier cyber attacks.
"These illegal efforts were made out of desperation to attract public attention," the Agency said.
The anonymous hacker group Black Reward has published what appears to be an image of contracts, plans and equipment at a factory in Bušer.
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