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DOJ charges 17 Iranians in cybertheft campaign

  • David DiMolfetta--Nextgov
  • published date: 2026-08-19 16:13:00 UTC

Prosecutors say the Mabna Institute — which conducted intrusions for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, among other campaigns — stole 31.5 terabytes of academic data and breached email accounts at U.S. agencies and companies.

Federal prosecutors have charged 17 Iranians affiliated with the Tehran-based Mabna Institute over an alleged hacking-for-hire operation that stole research and intellectual property from hundreds of… [+3231 chars]