Cuspection of an Iranian on US ransom attack – Mehr News Agency | Iranian and world news

The US Department of Justice claims that an Iranian citizen has confessed to participating in the famous ransom attack on Baltimore in Maryland and other cyber attacks, Mehr News Agency quoted Reuters as saying. The attacks caused tens of millions of dollars in financial damage and disruption to public services.

Accordingly, the US Department of Justice claims, Sina Gholinejad, 4 -year -old, confessed to a “computer fraud and abuse” and a “conspiracy for electronic fraud”.

He may be sentenced to up to 5 years in prison if he is finalized. Gholinejad was arrested on January 1 at Rally-Doram International Airport

In a ransomware attack in Baltimore, out of 1 May ۲۰۱۸ started, with more than $ 5 million in damage to the city’s computer networks. The attack created months of disruption to tax systems, water bills, parking fines and other urban income services. Other victims of this ransom attack include computer networks in cities Gersham (Oregon), UNCRAN (New York) and Greenville (North Carolina) noted.

Although the US Department of Justice has identified the defendant as the Iranian citizen, court documents and declarations of the ministry did not refer to the Iranian government’s support in the case.

Previously the “cyber group AvonjarOn November, he hacked water treatment equipment in Pennsylvania. The US government at that time attributed the group to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.