The US has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their alleged roles in various attacks on US companies and government departments, all of whom are claimed to have worked for fake companies linked to Iran’s military. Reza Kazemifar, Komeil Baradaran Salmani, and Alireza Shafie Nasab were all once said to be employed by Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik (MASN), formerly known as Mahak Rayan Afraz – a company that claimed to offer cybersecurity services but instead is believed to have acted as a front for the attacks against the US.  Hossein Harooni was allegedly employed by a separate front company also affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a group responsible, among other things, for Iran’s state-sponsored cyber activity.

Source: The Register