Reuters Quoting the US Treasury and State Departments, the four Iranians mentioned above are involved in a cyber campaign that is believed to have lasted for many years targeting more than a dozen US companies.
Sanctions were also announced against two companies, Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik and Dadeh Afzar Arman, which according to the US Treasury Department employed the four people and acted as front companies for the US Cyber Command. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
US Attorney General Merrick Garland – Photo: REUTERS
Federal prosecutors in the District of Manhattan, New York City, said the companies’ targets were primarily defense contractors with access to classified information, as well as an accounting firm and a hotel. headquartered within the city limits.
Four Iranians allegedly infected computers with malware using Spearfishing, which involves tricking e-mail recipients into clicking on malicious links and impersonating women to gain people’s trust .
More than 200,000 employee accounts were compromised at the accounting firm and another 2,000 more at the hotel between 2016 and 2021.
Prosecutors said the Iranian subjects named Hossein Harooni, Reza Kazemifar, Alireza Nasab and Komeil Salmani, were all in their mid to late 30s. US Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that the above incident caused ” a serious threat to US national security and economic stability.
Meanwhile, sheet Times of Israel quoting state media KCNA North Korea said a delegation led by Minister in charge of foreign economic relations Yun Jong-ho left Pyongyang on April 23 to go to Iran.
The brief news release did not give further details about the visit.
North Korea and Iran have long been believed to have cooperated on ballistic missile programs, possibly exchanging technical expertise and components used in their respective production processes.
According to KCNA, Mr. Yun has also been actively participating in growing exchanges between North Korea and Russia, leading a delegation to visit Moscow earlier this month.
In February, Reuters once reported that Iran had provided a large number of ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the conflict with Ukraine. According to the US, North Korea also provides missiles and artillery to Russia.
Both countries denied the above information.
