Justice Department charges nine Iranians in global state-sponsored hacking campaign

The Justice Department today charged nine Iranians with a massive hacking campaign targeting, among others, 320 universities in 22 countries. According to prosecutors, the campaign was part of a state-sponsored attempt to steal information on science and technology that reached 144 American universities.
Hackers allegedly compromised accounts of 8,000 academics
The hackers allegedly worked through an Iranian organization called the Mabna Institute, and from there, compromised the email accounts