Posted on 09/14/22
| News Source: JPost
The FBI announced the indictment of three Iranian nationals for their part in multiple cyberattacks on hundreds of companies, organizations and institutions.
Iranian cyber actors Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari are #wanted by the #FBI. All three men have dark brown hair and brown eyes, and are all known to speak Farsi and reside in Iran. https://t.co/t0B1twJcNE pic.twitter.com/1mDftI8rkY
— FBI (@FBI) September 14, 2022
The three Iranian nationals that are being charged are Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari. They were among a group of cybercriminals that were attacking critical infrastructures and public services that many people rely on. They were also attempting to steal information for their own personal gain, according to the FBI.
"They were looking to steal information, encrypt networks and sell private data, all in the hopes of persuading victims to pay sizeable ransoms," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. "In addition to targeting victims here in the US, the defendants also targeted companies and entities around the world, including in their own country of Iran, demonstrating that few targets were off-limits."
The FBI has been focusing on getting rid of these types of threats for some time now. A joint cybersecurity advisory was issued by the FBI, law enforcement and intelligence partners both in the United States and in foreign countries.