Trump administration charges Iranians for international cyber theft 3/23/2018 3:25:58 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print U.S. Deputy Attorney General at a news conference announces nine Iranians charged with conducting massive cyber theft campaign, in, March 23, 2018 Reuters- 23  March 20  18- WASHINGTON  -  The United States on Friday charged nine Iranians and an Iranian company with attempting to hack into hundreds of U.S. and international universities, dozens of companies and parts of the U.S. government on behalf of the Tehran government. The cyber attack pilfered more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from 144 U.S. universities and 176 universities in 21 foreign countries, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. The U.S. Treasury Department said on its website that it was placing sanctions on those accused and the Mabna Institute, a company described by U.S. prosecutors as designed to ...