US Department Of Justice: Seven Iranians Working For Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Affiliated Entities Charged For Conducting Coordinated Campaign Of Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Financial Sector - One Defendant Also Charged With Obtaining Unauthorized Access Into Control Systems Of A New York Dam

A grand jury in the Southern District of New York indicted seven Iranian individuals who were employed by two Iran-based computer companies, ITSecTeam (ITSEC) and Mersad Company (MERSAD), that performed work on behalf of the Iranian Government, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on computer hacking charges related to their involvement in an extensive campaign of over 176 days of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.