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US charges Iranians for sprawling hacking campaign on government agencies, universities
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The U.S. Justice Department has charged 17 Iranians linked to Iran’s military for a sprawling hacking campaign targeting U.S. government agencies, universities, and companies since 2013. The campaign, allegedly orchestrated through the Mabna Institute on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), involved stealing vast amounts of data, including academic journals and intellectual property, and selling it to Iranian entities. The campaign also included attacks on water systems and a previous extortion attempt against HBO.
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