In Albania’s capital city Tirana, all staff of the Iranian embassy, including diplomatic and security personnel, were ordered to leave the country within 24 hours on September 7, 2022.
The government’s decision to cut diplomatic ties with Iran follows a July 15 ransomware attack that temporarily shut down numerous Albanian government digital services and websites, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said in a video statement.
“This is possibly the strongest public response to a cyber-attack we have ever seen,” commented John Hultquist, vice-president of US cybersecurity firm Mandiant.
After working with Microsoft and the FBI in an investigation into the cyber-attack, Tirana concluded that the cyber-attack was “state aggression."
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