{"id":226307,"date":"2020-09-18T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=226307"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:09:06","slug":"u-s-treasury-designates-iran-regimes-cyber-threat-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/u-s-treasury-designates-iran-regimes-cyber-threat-group\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Treasury Designates Iran Regime\u2019s \u2018Cyber Threat Group\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226310 aligncenter\" title=\"U.S.-Treasury\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury.jpg\" alt=\"U.S.-Treasury\" width=\"2013\" height=\"1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury.jpg 2013w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-1392x783.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U.S.-Treasury-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2013px) 100vw, 2013px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0U<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nited\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tates\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm1127\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">statement<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on Thursday announced it has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0imposed sanctions\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian regime\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0cyber threat group Advanced Persistent Threat 39 (APT39), 45 associated individuals, and one front company.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Masked behind its front company, Rana Intelligence Computing Company (Rana), the Government of Iran (GOI) employed a years-long malware campaign that targeted Iranian dissidents, journalists, and international companies in the travel sector. Concurrent with OFAC\u2019s action, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released detailed information about APT39 in a public intelligence alert<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d read the Treasury\u2019s statement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe Iranian regime uses its Intelligence Ministry as a tool to target innocent civilians and companies, and advance its destabilizing agenda around the world,\u201d said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. \u201cThe United States is determined to counter offensive cyber campaigns designed to jeopardize security and inflict damage on the international travel sector.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. remains committed to countering the Iranian regime\u2019s malign agenda, including its use of illicit cyber intrusion tools to target and surveil Iranian dissidents and others. Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTreasury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USTreasury<\/a> took action: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tzu1626df3\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tzu1626df3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Mnuchin (@stevenmnuchin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevenmnuchin1\/status\/1306613033909841920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mike Pompeo, the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Secretary of State, in a tweet, while welcoming these new sanctions said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today, the U.S. sanctioned 47 Iranian individuals and entities involved in the Iranian regime\u2019s global cyber threat network. We will continue to expose Iran\u2019s nefarious behavior and we will never relent in protecting our homeland and allies from Iranian hackers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the U.S. sanctioned 47 Iranian individuals and entities involved in the Iranian regime\u2019s global cyber threat network. We will continue to expose Iran\u2019s nefarious behavior and we will never relent in protecting our homeland and allies from Iranian hackers.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\/status\/1306604419824398336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the U.S. Treasury Department<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rana advances Iranian national security objectives and the strategic goals of Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irantehrans-intelligence-ministry-repeats-its-stale-transparent-tactic-against-iranian-opposition\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)<\/a> by conducting computer intrusions and malware campaigns against perceived adversaries, including foreign governments and other individuals the MOIS considers a threat. APT39 is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13553 for being owned or controlled by the MOIS, which was previously designated on February 16, 2012 pursuant to Executive Orders 13224, 13553, and 13572, which target terrorists and those responsible for human rights abuses in Iran and Syria, respectively.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 45 designated individuals served in various capacities while employed at Rana, including as managers, programmers, and hacking experts. These individuals provided support for ongoing MOIS cyber intrusions targeting the networks of international businesses, institutions, air carriers, and other targets that the MOIS considered a threat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d read the statement.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe FBI, through our Cyber Division, is committed to investigating and disrupting malicious cyber campaigns, and collaborating with our U.S. government partners to impose risks and consequences on our cyber adversaries. Today, the FBI is releasing indicators of compromise attributed to Iran\u2019s MOIS to help computer security professionals everywhere protect their networks from the malign actions of this nation state,\u201d said FBI Director Christopher Wray. \u201cIran\u2019s MOIS, through their front company Rana, recruited highly educated people and turned their cyber talents into tools to exploit, harass, and repress their fellow citizens and others deemed a threat to the regime. We are proud to join our partners at the Department of Treasury in calling out these actions. The sanctions announced today hold these 45 individuals accountable for stealing data not just from dozens of networks here in the United States, but from networks in Iran\u2019s neighboring countries and around the world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The MOIS, camouflaged as Rana, has played a key role in the GOI\u2019s abuse and surveillance of its own citizens. Through Rana, on behalf of the MOIS, the cyber actors designated today used malicious cyber intrusion tools to target and monitor Iranian citizens, particularly dissidents, Iranian journalists, former government employees, environmentalists, refugees, university students and faculty, and employees at international nongovernmental organizations. Some of these individuals were subjected to arrest and physical and psychological intimidation by the MOIS. APT39 actors have also victimized Iranian private sector companies and Iranian academic institutions, including domestic and international Persian language and cultural centers. Rana has also targeted at least 15 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d the U.S. Treasury Department added in its statement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a result of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Treasury\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">action<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on Thursday<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ll property and interests in property of the individuals and entities above, and of any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by them, individually, or with other blocked persons, that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons, are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC or otherwise exempt, OFAC\u2019s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons. The prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any blocked person or the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods or services from any such person.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;United&nbsp;States&nbsp;Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)&nbsp;in a&nbsp;statement&nbsp;on Thursday announced it has&nbsp;imposed sanctions&nbsp;on the&nbsp;Iranian regime&rsquo;s&nbsp;cyber threat group Advanced Persistent Threat 39 (APT39), 45 associated individuals, and one [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":226310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[129,198,258],"class_list":{"0":"post-226307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-a-world","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-ncri","10":"tag-iran-sanctions"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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