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The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions today against ten individuals and two entities affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their involvement in ransomware attacks.
Their malicious activity is tracked and overlaps with state-sponsored hacking groups tracked by cybersecurity vendors under different names, including APT35, Charming Kitten, Phosphorus, DEV-0270, Tunnel Vision, and Nemesis Kitten.
US govt sanctions ten Iranians linked to ransomware attacks
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions today against ten individuals and two entities affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their involvement in ransomware attacks.
