2026-08-18T19:43:16.689Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：肖恩·林格斯
发布于 2026年8月18日，美国东部时间下午3:43
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美国司法部周二起诉八名伊朗人，指控他们参与了一场持续多年的黑客攻击行动，从5个联邦及州政府机构、数十所美国大学和企业窃取数据。
检方指控这些黑客入侵政府和私人电子邮箱，从美国大学窃取了大量知识产权，且其行动往往受伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）指使。受害者包括美国劳工部、联邦能源监管委员会以及联合国。
这些黑客据称入侵了约8000个属于美国、欧洲及其他地区教授的电子邮箱。根据起诉书，黑客瞄准的学术数据和知识产权，美国大学为此“获取和使用”的成本高达34亿美元。美国司法部表示，在部分案件中，黑客将窃取的学术数据卖给伊朗人，后者借此可访问美国大学的在线图书馆。
被入侵的美国私营企业包括11家科技公司和2家国防承包商，美国司法部未公布这些企业的名称。
“该行动受伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队支持，反映出伊朗针对美国机构及全球合作伙伴的有组织、大范围渗透企图，”联邦调查局助理局长小詹姆斯·C·巴纳克尔在周二的一份声明中说道。
此次行动始于数年前，但这再次提醒世人，伊朗具备网络攻击能力，且在美国与伊朗的战争期间，可能会对美国相关机构造成损失。
在这场持续半年的战争中，伊朗一直是多起美国网络攻击事件的主要嫌疑对象，包括攻击美国供水系统、加油站油罐读取器、一家大型医疗设备制造商，以及联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔的私人电子邮箱。
加上此次更新的起诉书中提到的人员，目前已有17人因这一更大规模的涉嫌黑客计划被起诉。美国司法部曾在2018年起诉另外9人。
美国有线电视新闻网已向伊朗常驻联合国代表团请求就此次起诉置评。
起诉书详细描述了伊朗情报部门据称依赖的“受雇黑客生态系统”。例如，一名被控参与黑客阴谋的嫌犯，曾为伊朗最高领袖的一个网站项目工作。起诉书还提到，另一名嫌犯“受伊朗军方指使，开展针对军事系统、核软件系统及以色列基础设施的计算机网络攻击”。
Justice Department charges eight Iranians for allegedly hacking US government and colleges
2026-08-18T19:43:16.689Z / CNN
By Sean Lyngaas
PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2026, 3:43 PM ET
A a new banner featuring an image of US President Donald Trump is displayed on the facade of the US Department of Justice headquarters, in Washington, DC, February 20.
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The US Justice Department on Tuesday charged eight Iranians for their alleged roles in a years-long hacking campaign to steal data from five federal and state government agencies as well as scores of US universities and companies.
Prosecutors accused the hackers of gaining access to government and private email accounts and stealing a large swath of intellectual property from US universities while often operating on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Among the hackers’ alleged victims were the Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the United Nations.
The hackers allegedly breached about 8,000 email accounts belonging to professors in the US, Europe and other locations. The academic data and intellectual property the hackers targeted cost the US universities $3.4 billion to “procure and access,” according to the indictment. In some cases, the hackers sold the stolen academic data to Iranians who could then access the online libraries of American universities, the Justice Department said.
Among the hacked private US companies were 11 tech firms and two defense contractors, none of which the Justice Department named.
“Backed by the IRGC, this operation reflects a broader, organized effort to target U.S. institutions and global partners,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr, said in a statement on Tuesday.
The activity began years, ago, but it’s the latest reminder of Iran’s cyber capabilities and the costs they might impose on US groups amid the US-Iran war.
In six months of the war, Iran has been a key suspect in cyberattacks on US water systems, tank readers at gas stations, a major medical device maker and FBI Director Kash Patel’s private email account.
Seventeen people have now been charged in the broader alleged hacking scheme that was the focus of Tuesday’s superseding indictment. The Justice Department announced charges against nine other people in 2018.
CNN has requested comment on the charges from the Iranian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
The indictment outlines the ecosystem of hackers-for-fire on which Iran’s intelligence services allegedly rely. For example, one alleged member of the hacking conspiracy also worked on a website project for Iran’s supreme leader. Another “worked on behalf of the Iranian military to conduct computer network attacks that targeted military systems, nuclear software systems, and Israeli infrastructure,” the indictment says.
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