The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has placed sanctions on 10 individuals and two entities affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - an arm of the Iranian armed forces.
Per a press release, all properties fully or partially owned by the individuals and entities have been blacklisted in the US, including Bitcoin wallets that have been associated with them.
The OFAC move is a joint effort of the DOJ, Department of State, FBI, NSA, the US Cyber Command, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
The designates are all accused of participating in coordinated ransomware-related cybercrimes against a wide array of businesses and government agencies in the U.S. and other countries on behalf of the Iranian military since at least 2020.
“We will continue to take coordination action with our global partners to combat and deter ransomware threats, including those associated with the IRGC,” Brian E. Nelson, Under Secretary of...
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