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Source: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0332
U.S. Sanctions Iranian Cyber Actors Who Targeted Hundreds of Universities
(U.S. Treasury Department) On Friday the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated one Iranian entity and 10 Iranian individuals who engaged in the theft of valuable intellectual property and data from hundreds of U.S. and third-country universities and a media company for private financial gain. "Iran is engaged in an ongoing campaign of malicious cyber activity against the United States and our allies. The IRGC outsourced cyber intrusions to The Mabna Institute, a hacker network that infiltrated hundreds of universities to steal sensitive data," said Treasury Undersecretary Sigal Mandelker.