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US expands Iran-linked hacking case to 17 defendants over HBO’s $6 million Bitcoin ransom plot

  • Oluwapelumi Adejumo--CryptoSlate
  • published date: 2026-08-21 16:45:42 UTC

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]