Iranian charged over attacks against US defense contractors, government agencies

The DOJ unsealed an indictment accusing Alireza Shafie Nasab and co-conspirators, operating under Mahak Rayan Afraz, of a years-long spear-phishing and social-engineering campaign that compromised over 200,000 employee accounts and targeted US defense contractors, government agencies (State, Treasury), and private companies; the group is linked to the Tortoiseshell cluster and alleged IRGC ties, and faces charges including conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.