The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Cyber Command – Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are disseminating this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to highlight continued malicious cyber activity by cyber actors working on behalf of the Iranian Government’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC ).
This IRGC cyber activity is targeted against individuals with a nexus to Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs; such as current or former senior government officials, senior think tank personnel, journalists, activists, and lobbyists. Additionally, FBI has observed these actors targeting persons associated with US political campaign activity, likely in support of information operations. The authoring agencies believe the group and the cyber techniques remain an ongoing threat to various sectors worldwide, including but not limited to entities in their respective countries.
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Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division
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