Three Iranian nationals carried out a scheme to hack hundreds of organizations in the US and around the world, the Justice Department alleged in an indictment unsealed on Wednesday.
The alleged victim organizations ranged from a domestic violence shelter in Pennsylvania, a power company in Mississippi and a municipality in Union County, New Jersey, according to charges brought in a federal court in New Jersey. The indictment does not accuse the Iranians of carrying out those particular hacks on behalf of the Iranian government.
“These three individuals are among a group of cybercriminals whose attacks represent a direct assault on the critical infrastructure and public services we all depend on,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a video statement Wednesday. As part of the Wednesday crackdown on alleged Iranian hacking, the Treasury Department sanctioned Ahmadi, Aghda and Ravari as well as seven other Iranians, and accused them of working for Iranian IT firms affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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