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Indictmentseverity: High2018-03-23

DOJ indicts nine IRGC-affiliated actors for academic phishing

published by U.S. Department of Justice
Actor
APT35IR · IranAPT

Iranian state-sponsored actor associated with the IRGC. Conducts long-term espionage and credential-phishing operations against journalists, dissidents, U.S. and Israeli government targets, and acade…

Summary

DOJ indicted nine Iranians associated with the Mabna Institute for a multi-year credential-phishing campaign against more than 300 universities worldwide, the U.S. Department of Labor, the FERC, and the United Nations — overlapping with APT35 / Charming Kitten activity.

Tags

indictmentcredential-phishingacademia

Primary source

justice.gov

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