U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks

U.S. Treasury sanctioned six IRGC-CEC officials for cyber operations that targeted programmable logic controllers (Unitronics PLCs) and other critical infrastructure; CISA reported an attempted PLC attack on the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa attributed to an Iranian-linked persona ‘Cyber Av3ngers’. The report also highlights activity by pro‑Iranian groups including Homeland Justice, which claimed a large data theft from Albania’s INSTAT and has deployed a wiper called 'No-Justice', underscoring ongoing nation‑state and hacktivist threats to critical infrastructure and data confidentiality.