Sanctionseverity: High2020-09-17
U.S. Treasury OFAC sanctions Rana Intelligence Computing as MOIS front
published by U.S. Department of the Treasury
Actor
Iranian state-affiliated intrusion set publicly attributed to Rana Intelligence Computing — an MOIS (Ministry of Intelligence and Security) front company sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury OFAC in Septe…
Summary
U.S. Treasury OFAC sanctioned Rana Intelligence Computing — publicly attributing the MOIS-fronted Iranian company as the operational identity behind APT39. The action named 45 individual MOIS officers and was paired with parallel FBI charges, marking the first formal U.S. government public attribution of a MOIS contractor for the cyber-surveillance campaign against Iranian dissidents and minorities abroad.
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