Eight years later, federal authorities re-up charges against alleged Iranian hackers at Mabna Institute
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Federal authorities on Tuesday unsealed an indictment against 17 Iranians affiliated with the tech firm Mabna Institute, alleging a campaign of vast cybertheft on behalf of the Iranian government against universities, governments and companies.
It’s a second wave of indictments against the Tehran-based firm, expanding on and replacing a 2018 indictment of nine of the defendants from then and adding others.
“Today’s charges, which include eight additional defendants, reveal the broader network allegedly behind a sweeping, state-sponsored campaign to steal research and intellectual property from American universities, businesses, and government institutions,” said Jamie McDonald, U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.