THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS CHARGING THREE IRANIAN MEN IN A RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOVERNMENT.
IT’S UNLIKELY THEY’LL EVER ACTUALLY SEE THE INSIDE OF A US COURTROOM THOUGH.
THE D.O.J. UNSEALED THE INDICTMENT AGAINST THE THREE IRANIAN NATIONALS THIS WEEK.
THE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF TARGETING ELECTRIC UTILITIES, GOVERNMENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, HOSPITALS AND HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS.
THE HACKERS WENT AFTER GROUPS IN THE US, UK, ISRAEL, RUSSIA AND THEIR HOME-COUNTRY.
THE D.O.J. IS SANCTIONING THE THREE MEN DIRECTLY, SAYING THEY’RE PART OF A HACKING-FOR-HIRE OPERATION AND SOUGHT ONLY TO ENRICH THEMSELVES, AND NOT IRAN.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO CONSIDERING SANCTIONS FOR SEVERAL ENTITIES IN IRAN FOR OFFERING A BOUNTY TO KILL AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE.
IN AUGUST, RUSHDIE WAS STABBED 10-15 TIMES IN NEW YORK BEFORE HE WAS TO GIVE A LECTURE.
ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AN IRANIAN CHARITABLE ORANIZATION AND DOZENS OF STATE-RUN MEDIA OUTLETS OFFERED MILLIONS TO ANYONE WHO MURDERED THE AUTHOR.
IRAN’S FORMER SUPREME AYATOLLAH ISSUED A FATWAH, OR ISLAMIC EDICT, DEMANDING RUSHDIE’S DEATH OVER A NOVEL WHICH FICTIONALIZED ELEMENTS OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S LIFE.