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Montenegro arrests Iran-linked hacker wanted by US
Key takeaways
- The FBI was helping the Montenegrin police detain an Iranian-Turkish national whose cyberattacks on US infrastructure allegedly caused billions in damages.
- The arrest is part of a broader US effort to disrupt cyber operations that prosecutors say were carried out on behalf of Iranian state interests.
- Montenegrin police said the 39-year-old suspect, identified only as A.B., was arrested in the tourist town of Kotor in cooperation with the FBI.
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The FBI was helping the Montenegrin police detain an Iranian-Turkish national whose cyberattacks on US infrastructure allegedly caused billions in damages.
https://p.dw.com/p/5G6i IThe arrest comes with US authorities repeatedly warning of Iranian state-linked cyber operation Image: all Over-MEV/IMAGOAdvertisement Montenegro has arrested an Iran-linked hacker wanted by the United States over cyberattacks that allegedly caused $3.4 billion in damage.
The arrest is part of a broader US effort to disrupt cyber operations that prosecutors say were carried out on behalf of Iranian state interests.
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