US expands Iran-linked hacking case to 17 defendants over HBO’s $6 million Bitcoin ransom plot
The approximately $6 million figure stems from a 2017 attempted extortion, and DOJ materials do not allege that HBO paid. The post US expands Iran-linked hacking case to 17 defendants over HBO’s $6 million Bitcoin ransom plot appeared first on CryptoSlate.
US prosecutors have expanded an eight-year-old hacking case tied to Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, adding eight defendants and linking six of them to the 2017 HBO breach that included a $6 … [+2556 chars]