US indicts Iranian man in cyber-espionage campaign against defense contractors

The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment of an Iranian man allegedly instrumental in carrying out a cyber-espionage campaign against Defense Department contractors and the Treasury and State departments. Alireza Shafie Nasab, 39, was allegedly involved in a hacking operation from 2016 until April 2021 that targeted more than a dozen companies, many

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