IRGC-Associated Cyber Operations against U.S. Company Networks

September 17, 2020

Weapon Program: 

  • Military

The FBI is sharing information about a group of Iran-based cyber actors recently indicted for conducting malicious cyber operations to obtain access to US-based networks and steal information. The Iranian nationals indicted are Said Pourkarim Arabi, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Reza Espargham, and Mohammad Bayati, both associates of Arabi. Since at least 2015, the actors conducted malicious cyber activity against US-based and foreign organizations and companies involved in aerospace or satellite technology and international government organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, and Israel.

The FBI is providing an overview of the group’s tactics, techniques, and procedures, as well as indicators of compromise, to aid potential targets in the identification of malicious activity.

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