US Indicts 17 Iranians Over Years-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign

The U.S. unsealed a superseding indictment charging 17 individuals tied to the Iran-based Mabna Institute for a years-long, state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign that stole more than 31 TB of academic data and intellectual property from hundreds of universities, dozens of companies and government entities; the operation used stolen credentials and password-spray attacks, sold research via websites, caused over $20M in remediation costs, and includes defendants linked to high-profile intrusions such as the HBO hack.