Security News > 2020 > September > U.S. Announces Charges Against 2 Russian and 2 Iranian Hackers
Immediately after revealing criminal charges against 5 Chinese and 2 Malaysian hackers, the United States government yesterday also made two separate announcements charging two Iranian and two Russian hackers and added them to the FBI's most-wanted list.
In addition to the criminal charges, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has also sanctioned both Russian hackers, freezing all their assets under U.S. jurisdiction and banning them from doing business with Americans.
According to an indictment unsealed by the Justice Department, since 2013, Iranian hackers have targeted several American and foreign universities, think tanks, defense contractors, aerospace companies, foreign policy organizations, NGOs, and foreign governments.
After selecting their victims using online reconnaissance and publicly available data, the hackers run vulnerability scanning tools and other means to assess computer networks remotely.
All four hackers remain at large, likely in their respective countries, and have been charged with several counts of conspiracy to commit fraud, unauthorized access, wire fraud, identity theft, and related activity in connection with computers.
News URL
Related news
- Russian Turla hackers hit Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine (source)
- Russian cyber spies hide behind other hackers to target Ukraine (source)
- Russian hackers use RDP proxies to steal data in MiTM attacks (source)
- Iranian and Russian Entities Sanctioned for Election Interference Using AI and Cyber Tactics (source)
- Russian ISP confirms Ukrainian hackers "destroyed" its network (source)
- How Russian hackers went after NGOs’ WhatsApp accounts (source)
- EU sanctions Russian GRU hackers for cyberattacks against Estonia (source)