US sanctions nine Iranians for global cyber attacks

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One of the largest state-sponsored hacks ever prosecuted.

US sanctions nine Iranians for global cyber attacks
US deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein
The United States has charged and sanctioned nine Iranians and an Iranian company for attempting to hack into hundreds of universities worldwide, dozens of firms and parts of the US government, including its main energy regulator, on behalf of Tehran's government. The cyber attacks, beginning in ...

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