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.
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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- First seenAug 20, 2026
- Last mentionedSep 8, 2026
Timeline
3 articles · newest firstUS sanctions Iranian cyber actors as UK discloses power plant attack
US Treasury sanctioned six Iranian MOIS-linked hackers for breaching US agency and UN email accounts as the UK disclosed a four-day power plant shutdown.
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US charges 17 Iranian hackers over 31-terabyte academic data theft
US indicts 17 Iranian Mabna Institute hackers who stole 31TB of academic data from universities, companies, and agencies via spearphishing.
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- HBOvictim · 2
- Mabna Institutethreat actor · 2
- US Department of Laborvictim · 2
- United Nationsvictim · 1
- MOIS-linked Iranian hacking teamthreat actor · 1
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsthreat actor · 1
- U.S. Department of Laborvictim · 1
- FBIorganization · 1
- U.S. State Departmentorganization · 1
- MOISorganization · 1
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsorganization · 1
- Nozomi Networksvendor · 1
- US Department of Justiceorganization · 1
- NSAorganization · 1
- US Department of the Treasuryvendor · 1
- HBOvendor · 1
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