US charges, sanctions Iranians linked to Revolutionary Guard cyber command


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to reporters during a brief news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday announced criminal charges and sanctions against four Iranians over an alleged multi-year cyber campaign targeting more than one dozen American companies, the Treasury Department and the State Department said.

Sanctions were also announced against two companies, Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik and Dadeh Afzar Arman, that according to the Treasury Department employed the individual defendants and were front companies for Iran's Revolutionary Guard cyber command.

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