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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4 articles · newest firstUS Indicts 17 Iranians Over Years
US unsealed superseding indictment charging 17 Mabna Institute Iranians for IRGC-linked espionage stealing 31TB from universities, companies, and government agencies.
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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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Eight years later, federal authorities re-up charges against alleged Iranian hackers at Mabna Institute
US prosecutors unsealed a superseding indictment charging 17 Iranians in the Mabna Institute's state-sponsored theft of 31.5 terabytes from universities and companies.
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- Mabna Institutethreat actor · 4
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commissionvictim · 2
- U.S. State Departmentorganization · 2
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsthreat actor · 2
- Help Net Securityorganization · 1
- UNICEFvictim · 1
- US Department of Justicevendor · 1
- 178 foreign universitiesvictim · 1
- U.S. Department of Laborvictim · 1
- 144 US universitiesvictim · 1
- Gigapaper.irproduct · 1
- U.S. Department of Justiceorganization · 1
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsorganization · 1
- US Department of Justiceorganization · 1
- Security Affairsorganization · 1
- Behzad Mesrithreat actor · 1
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