The Justice Department today charged nine Iranians with a massive hacking campaign targeting, among others, 320 universities in 22 countries. According to prosecutors, the campaign was part of a state-sponsored attempt to steal information on science and technology that reached 144 American universities.
The hackers allegedly worked through an Iranian organization called the Mabna Institute, and from there, compromised the email accounts of 8,000 academics and also targeted US government entities, including the Department of Labor, United Nations, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In all, more than 31 terabytes of data was stolen in the campaign, in what a US attorney...
