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On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed the unsealing of indictments in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey against three Iranian nationals for allegedly devising and implementing a scheme to hack into computer networks of multiple U.S. victims and try to extort money from them.[1] Simultaneously, the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned ten individuals, including the three indictees, and two entities for their roles in perpetrating malicious cyber acts, including ransomware activity.[2]
[1] U.S. Department of Justice, Three Iranian nationals Charged with Engaging in Computer Intrusions and Ransomware-Style Extortion Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure Providers, Press Rel. No. 22-99, Sept. 14, 2022.
[2] U.S. Department of Treasury, Treasury Sanctions IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors for Roles in Ransomware Activity, Sept. 14, 2022. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0948.