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U.S. Justice Department

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US offers $10 million for info on Iranian allegedly behind cyberattacks on critical infrastructure

State Department offers $10M reward for IRGC Cyber-Electronic Command chief Amir Yaryab over critical infrastructure cyberattacks across US, Europe, and Middle East.

The U.S. State Department posted a $10 million reward for information on senior Iranian official Amir Yaryab, who allegedly leads the IRGC's Cyber-Electronic Command (CEC) and directs hacking groups including CyberAv3ngers, Dadeh Afzar Arman (DAA), and Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik (MASN). These groups used malware to target defense, news, shipping, travel, energy, financial, and telecommunications sectors in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. The reward follows accusations of renewed Iranian attacks on water utilities, with over 100 entities breached across at least 12 US states since late July, and comes amid broader US-Iran tensions.

The RecordSep 8, 00:00 UTC · 8d agoPolicy & legal 2 sources

US charges Iranians for sprawling hacking campaign on government agencies, universities

DOJ indicts 17 Iranians tied to Mabna Institute IRGC hacking-for-hire campaign that stole 31TB from universities, agencies, and UN organizations.

The U.S. Justice Department unsealed a 14-count superseding indictment charging 17 people linked to the Mabna Institute, allegedly operating on behalf of the IRGC, in a campaign running since around 2013. The group breached 144 US universities, 42 US companies, 178 foreign universities, 11 foreign companies, and agencies including the Department of Labor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Hawaii and Indiana state governments, plus UN organizations such as UNICEF, stealing at least 31 terabytes of academic and proprietary data and about 8,000 professor email accounts. The State Department offered a $10 million reward for five individuals including Behzad Mesri, previously indicted for the $6 million HBO extortion; universities spent roughly $20 million on investigation and remediation.

The RecordSep 8, 00:00 UTC · 8d agoPolicy & legal 2 sources

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organization U.S. State Department 2 threat actor CyberAv3ngers 2 threat actor Mabna Institute 1 threat actor Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik 1 threat actor Shahid Hemmat 1 threat actor Shahid Shushtari 1 organization IRGC 1 organization Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 1 organization U.S. Treasury Department 1 victim Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1 victim HBO 1 victim UNICEF 1 victim U.S. Department of Labor 1 threat actor Dadeh Afzar Arman 1

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