Friday, April 6, 2018

US Officials Charge Nine Iranians with Cyber Theft

US officials announced criminal charges on March 23 against nine Iranian individuals in connection with a massive cyber theft campaign that targeted universities, government entities, and businesses across the globe.

The US Justice Department accused the nine Iranians of working under the cover of an organization called the Mabna Institute to steal intellectual property, research, and other data on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an intelligence-gathering entity within the Iranian government


Erin Ayers, US officials charge nine Iranians with cyber theft (March 26, 2018).

This story in an excerpt of the original. The content originally appeared in Advisen Cyber Front Page News.

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