![]() ![]() At another victim, the conspirators targeted 2,000 employee accounts. In the course of their campaigns against one victim, the group compromised more than 200,000 victim employee accounts. In addition, the group targeted a New York-based accounting firm and a New York-based hospitality company.Īccording to the indictment, in conducting their hacking campaigns, the group used spear phishing - that is, tricking an email recipient into clicking on a malicious link - to infect victim computers with malware. The hacking group’s private sector victims were primarily cleared defense contractors, which are companies that support U.S. “The close collaboration with partners that led to today’s unsealed indictment of Alireza Shafie Nasab will continue to keep the pressure on cyber adversaries.” “The FBI will leverage all of its capabilities in combating the threat posed by Iranian hacker organizations to America’s public and private sectors,” said Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran of the FBI’s Cyber Division. “Cyber intrusion schemes such as the one alleged threaten our national security, and I’m proud of our law enforcement partners and the career prosecutors of this office for using innovative technologies and investigative measures to disrupt and track down these cybercriminals.” Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York. “As alleged, Alireza Shafie Nasab participated in a cyber campaign using spear phishing and other hacking techniques to infect more than 200,000 victim devices, many of which contained sensitive or classified defense information,” said U.S. Our National Security Cyber Section remains focused on disputing these cross-border hacking schemes and holding those responsible to account.” sensitive information and critical infrastructure. “Today’s charges highlight Iran’s corrupt cyber ecosystem, in which criminals are given free rein to target computer systems abroad and threaten U.S. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. private sector and government computer systems,” said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Nasab allegedly participated in a persistent campaign to compromise U.S. “While purporting to work as a cybersecurity specialist for Iran-based clients, Mr. These intrusions targeted more than a dozen U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State, defense contractors, and two New York-based companies.Īccording to court documents, from at least in or about 2016 through in or about April 2021, Alireza Shafie Nasab, 39, of Iran, and other co-conspirators were members of a hacking organization that participated in a coordinated multi-year campaign to conduct and attempt to conduct computer intrusions. governmental and private entities, including the U.S. ![]() The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging an Iranian national with involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to compromise U.S. ![]()
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