US slaps sanctions on Iranians for hacking
The United States yesterday unveiled charges against nine Iranians for their alleged involvement in a massive state-sponsored hacking scheme which targeted hundreds of universities in the US and abroad and stole "valuable intellectual property and data." Ten Iranians were also hit with sanctions along with an Iranian company, the Mabna Institute, which engaged in computer hacking on behalf of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the US Treasury Department said. Since 2013, the Mabna Institute carried out cyber intrusions into the computer systems of 144 US universities and 176 more in 21 foreign countries, it added.
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