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Eight years later, federal authorities re-up charges against alleged Iranian hackers at Mabna Institute
Federal authorities unsealed an expanded indictment against 17 Iranians affiliated with the Mabna Institute, a Tehran-based firm alleged to have conducted state-sponsored cyber theft targeting universities, governments, and companies. The indictment builds on a 2018 case with eight additional defendants and documents compromises of over 100,000 professor email accounts globally, theft of at least 31.5 terabytes of academic and research data, and breaches affecting five U.S. government agencies and dozens of private companies. The Justice Department states U.S. universities spent approximately $3.4 billion to procure and access the stolen data and intellectual property.
Why it matters: Academic institutions, research organizations, technology companies, and government agencies exposed to state-sponsored credential theft and data exfiltration should review account access logs and research data repositories for evidence of compromise, particularly if they conduct work in sensitive fields of study.
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