US charges 17 Iranians over ‘massive’ cyber theft campaign0

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• August 19, 2026

Seventeen Iranians have been charged for allegedly conducting a years long “co-ordinated campaign” of cyber attacks in an effort to steal data from US organisations. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute had targeted the computer systems of 144 American universities and 42 private sector firms since at least