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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2022
- Checked
Iranian Cyber Actors
The FBI lists Iranian Cyber Actors on its Wanted list (notice published in 2022). The notice links Actors to charges that include cybercrime and fraud. The Rewards for Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on or about the activities of Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari.
Charges, as published
- Conspiracy to Commit Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers
- Intentional Damage to a Protected Computer
- Transmitting a Demand in Relation to Damaging a Protected Computer
Reward
The Rewards for Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on or about the activities of Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari.
Case details, as published by FBI
Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari are wanted for their alleged involvement in a coordinated campaign which compromised hundreds of computer networks across the United States and abroad. Between October 2020 and August 2022, the three men allegedly gained unauthorized access to protected networks, exfiltrated data, encrypted computer systems, and extorted victims for ransom, causing damage to and disrupting operations of organizations across multiple sectors, including critical infrastructure, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. On August 10, 2022, a federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, indicted Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity in connection with computers, intentional damage to a protected computer, and transmitting a demand in relation to damaging a protected computer.
About this notice
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