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The Guardian - US
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US charges Iran trio with orchestrating vast hacking and extortion scheme

The DoJ building in Washington. The alleged hackers face little chance of being arrested, as they are believed to be living freely in Iran.
The DoJ building in Washington. The alleged hackers face little chance of being arrested, as they are believed to be living freely in Iran. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Three Iranians have been charged with trying to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from organizations in the United States, Europe, Iran and Israel, including a domestic violence shelter, by hacking in to their computer systems, US officials said on Wednesday.

Other targets included local US governments, regional utilities in Mississippi and Indiana, accounting firms and a state lawyers’ association, according to charges filed by the justice department.

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