Justice Department Disrupts Iranian Cyber Enabled Psychological Operations

The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI seized four domains allegedly operated by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security that were used to claim destructive cyberattacks, publish stolen sensitive data and PII, and issue death threats and bounties against dissidents, journalists, Israeli personnel, and diaspora communities; one domain claimed responsibility for a March 11, 2026 destructive malware attack on a U.S. medical technologies firm. The action cites coordinated “playbook” tactics (destructive attacks plus ‘faketivist’ psychological operations), includes evidence of email-based death threats soliciting cartel violence, references prior leaks tied to Albanian targets, and notes a Rewards for Justice offer up to $10 million for related information.