US sanctions Iran-linked cyber actors and sectors
On August 24 the treasury announced Operation Economic Outcast, imposing sanctions on nearly 60 individuals and entities to disrupt financial flows supporting Tehran. The package includes five people linked to the Mabna Institute, which the Department of Justice indicted on August 18 along with 16 others for cyber intrusions at hundreds of universities, companies and government agencies since at least 2013. OFAC also listed 30 crypto addresses across Bitcoin, Ethereum and TRON with about $16.8m, and expanded sectoral determinations to target digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping, raising broader secondary sanctions and compliance risks.
United States sanctioned nearly 60 Iran-linked actors and related sectors.
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The justice department indicted 17 Mabna defendants on August 18 for years of cyber intrusions. The treasury then announced wider sanctions on August 24. Institutions may now screen wallets and services exposed to Mabna or the covered Iran…
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