The Justice Department charged an Iranian national for spearheading a years-long campaign to infect thousands of computers associated with federal agencies and U.S. companies, including defense contractors, according to an indictment made public Thursday.
Alireza Shafie Nasab, 39, worked for for a company that purported to provide cybersecurity services for customers in Iran while targeting U.S. entities from 2016 through 2021, according to allegations unsealed in a federal court. Nasab and his compatriots targeted more than a dozen networks associated with U.S. companies, the Treasury Department and State Department and in at least one case successfully compromised an unnamed defense contractor.
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