US Sanctions 2 Iranians Over Ransomware Payments - Treasury Dept.
The United States has imposed sanctions on two Iranian computer experts for facilitating ransomware payments from at least 200 known victims, and also published currency exchange addresses associated with the scheme known as SamSam, the Department of the Treasury announced in a press release on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th November, 2018) The United States has imposed sanctions on two Iranian computer experts for facilitating ransomware payments from at least 200 known victims, and also published Currency exchange addresses associated with the scheme known as SamSam, the Department of the Treasury announced in a press release on Wednesday.
"The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against two Iran-based individuals, Ali Khorashadizadeh and Mohammad Ghorbaniyan, who helped exchange digital currency (bitcoin) ransom payments into Iranian rial on behalf of Iranian malicious cyber actors involved with the SamSam ransomware scheme that targeted over 200 known victims," the Treasury said."Also today, OFAC identified two digital currency addresses associated with these two financial facilitators. "