Experts: Latest US Indictments May Discourage Hackers From Joining Anti-American Campaigns

Voice of America

…The two men, Mehdi Farhadi and Hooman Heidarian, targeted computers in New Jersey and around the world for theft and defacement, the Justice Department said in its Wednesday statement. It said hacks included instances where the defendants obtained information regarding Iranian dissidents, human rights activists and opposition leaders.  The revelation of Iranian cyberattacks against opposition figures puts further spotlight on the regime’s efforts to silence the Iranian diaspora, according to Jason Brodsky, policy director for the Washington-based advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran.  “The recent designations demonstrate the regime's pervasive fear of Iranian dissidents and of its own people,” Brodsky told VOA.