Looks like some of the Hoosier States computers have been hacked by that bastion of terrorism Iran. Tim Evans and Kevin Johnson have the story over at Indystar. Evans and Johnson
reported:
The Indiana Department of Educationwas among hundreds of universities, businesses and government entities targeted by nine Iranians who are charged as part of a massive state-sponsored cybertheft campaign, federal authorities said Friday.
The suspects, all affiliates of an Iranian-based company known as the Mabna Institute, are accused of breaching the computer systems of the U.S. Department Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the United Nations and state agencies in Indiana and Hawaii, federal officials said.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday accused the suspects of stealing more than 31 terabytes of data — about 15 billion pages — from 140 American universities, 30 U.S. companies and five government agencies, while targeting 176 universities abroad.
The stolen information — including academic research in technology, medicine and other sciences — is valued at $3.4 billion, authorities said.
"For many of these intrusions, the defendants acted at the behest of the Iranian government and, specifically, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps," Rosenstein said.
While the nine suspects remain in Iran, beyond the immediate reach of U.S. authorities, Rosenstein said their public identification "helps deter state-sponsored computer intrusions by stripping them of anonymity and imposing consequences."
Wired Magazine
and CNN also have more information on the alleged hacking committed by the Tehran-based Mabna Institute here and here. The FBI’s website has issued a wanted poster of the nine suspects. Please contact the authorities if you see any of these people.
Update: Stand Up Republic has the following observation about the continuing trend of hostile governments engaging in cyberattacks on the United States: