🛡️ **US Indicts 17 Iranian Hackers; $10M Bounty Posted for Five Individuals Linked to Critical Infrastructure Attacks, IP Theft, and Messaging App Compromise**
Published Sunday, September 06, 2026 at 11:08 AM PT BLUF: The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 17 individuals allegedly affiliated with Iran’s Mabna Institute with multi-year cyber espionage targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, academic institutions, and encrypted messaging platforms (Signal, WhatsApp). The State Department is offering $10 million in rewards for information leading to the location and arrest of five named individuals. Users of Signal and WhatsApp, academic institutions, and operators of critical infrastructure should treat this as a confirmed active threat actor group. ...