US imposes new sanctions on Iran for cyber activities

On Tuesday, the United States intensified sanctions against Iran, labelling four individuals and two companies as participants “involved in malicious cyber activity” on behalf of the country’s military.

“These actors targeted more than a dozen US companies and government entities through cyber operations, including spear phishing and malware attacks,” the US Treasury Department said in a statement.

The individuals and companies were working on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command, the Treasury said.

“Iranian malicious cyber actors continue to target US companies and government entities in a coordinated, multi-pronged campaign intended to destabilise our critical infrastructure and cause harm to our citizens,” the Treasury’s under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Brian Nelson said in a statement.