DOJ Charges 3 Iranian Nationals for Cyberattacks Targeting Local US Governments

DOJ Charges 3 Iranian Nationals for Cyberattacks Targeting Local US Governments
Attorney General Merrick Garland makes remarks at a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 5, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday charged three Iranian nationals for alleged cyber attacks targeting U.S. infrastructure and local governments.

An indictment (pdf) that was unsealed in a federal court alleged that Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari engaged in a series of ransomware schemes starting in October 2020 to hack computer systems across the United States, Israel, Russia, the United Kingdom, Iran, and elsewhere.
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