India, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 17 Iranians with conducting massive cyber theft campaign targeting hundreds of Universities, companies and other victims to steal research, academic and proprietary data, and Intellectual Property.
A 14-count superseding indictment was unsealed on Tuesday charging members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that attacked computer systems of 144 U.S.-based universities, 178 foreign universities, 42 U.S.-based private sector companies, 11 foreign private sector companies, five U.S. federal and state government agencies, and two NGOs.
The Mabna Institute stole more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from universities and other research institutio...