US govt sanctions Iranians linked to government cyberattacks
Four Iranian nationals have been sanctioned by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for their involvement in cyberattacks against private enterprises, defense contractors, and the U.S. government.
Additionally, OFAC declared sanctions against two front companies for the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces that oversees the nation's cyberwarfare operations: Dadeh Afzar Arman (DAA) and Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik (MASN), formerly known as Mahak Rayan Afzar.
While working for MASN, two of the sanctioned cybercriminals—Aliereza Shafie Nasab and Reza Kazemifar Rahman—targeted American organizations. Kazemifar also launched spear phishing attacks on the Department of the Treasury.
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