US Charges 17 Iranian Hackers, Offers $10 Million Rewards for 5 of Them
The 17 members of the Mabna Institute targeted hundreds of universities and organizations in the US and abroad. The post US Charges 17 Iranian Hackers, Offers $10 Million Rewards for 5 of Them appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The US this week announced charges against 17 members of the Iran-based company Mabna Institute for hacking into hundreds of organizations in the US and abroad.
According to a 14-count superseding indictment, Mabna Institute was founded in 2013 to help universities and research organizations in the country steal non-Iranian scientific resources.
It has targeted universities in the US (144) and abroad (178), private companies in the US (42) and abroad (11), five government agencies in the US, and at least two NGOs, stealing over 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property, as well as employee email accounts.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/us-charges-17-iranian-hackers-offers-10-million-rewards-for-5-of-them/
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