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Mabna Institute

Mabna Institute is an Iran-based company. The U.S. Treasury says the IRGC outsourced cyber intrusions to the institute, a hacker network that infiltrated hundreds of universities.

Key facts

Type: Iran-based companysource
Founded: in or about 2013source
Purpose: To assist Iranian universities and scientific and research organizations in obtaining access to non-Iranian scientific resourcessource
Cyber intrusions: Treasury Under Secretary Sigal Mandelker said the IRGC outsourced cyber intrusions to The Mabna Institutesource

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Treasury Sanctions Iranian Cyber Actors for Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities Targeting Hundreds of Universities

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