August 8, 2024 at 09:18AM
The US Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on Iranian nationals accused of hacking industrial control systems. The individuals are linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a hacker group named Cyber Av3ngers. The US government believes Cyber Av3ngers is a persona used by the Iranian government for malicious cyber activities.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes are:
– The US Department of State has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on several Iranian nationals linked to the Cyber Av3ngers hacker group, which is believed to be working on behalf of the Iranian government.
– The targeted individuals are associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s Cyber-Electronic Command unit and were previously sanctioned by the Treasury Department.
– The Cyber Av3ngers group targeted industrial control systems (ICS) in the United States, including a Unitronics Vision programmable logic controller (PLC) belonging to the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania, as well as other water utilities.
– The hackers exploited weak default passwords and claimed to be a hacktivist group, but the US government believes it is a persona used by the Iranian government to conduct malicious cyber activities.
– Additionally, the US recently announced rewards for information on Alphv/BlackCat ransomware operators and affiliates, as well as a member of the North Korean hacking group APT45.
These are the main points covered in the meeting notes.