美國宣佈對伊朗黑客實施制裁

The United States has imposed sanctions on an Iranian company and 10 individuals for alleged cyber attacks, including on hundreds of universities.

美國政府近日對一家伊朗公司和10名個人實施制裁，指控其對包括數百所大學在內的機構進行網絡攻擊。

The Mabna Institute is accused of stealing 31 terabytes of "valuable intellectual property and data".

這一名叫馬布納研究所的公司，被指控竊取大小達31TB的“有價值的知識產權和數據”。

The justice department said the firm hacked 320 universities around the world, dozens of companies and parts of the US government.

司法部門表示，該公司攻擊了全球320所大學、數十家公司和部分美國政府。

Nine of the 10 individuals have been indicted separately for related crimes.

在10名個人中，目前有9人已因相關犯罪被分別起訴。

The two founders of the Mabna Institute are among those sanctioned and their assets are subject to US seizure, a statement by the US Treasury Department said.

美國財政部發表的一則聲明稱，馬布納研究所的兩名創始人受到制裁，他們的資產被美國強制凍結。

"These defendants are now fugitives of justice," US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said at a news conference.

美國副檢察長羅德·羅森斯坦在新聞發佈會上表示：“這些被告現在是司法逃犯。”

Reuters reported he warned that the individuals may face extradition in more than 100 countries if they travel outside of Iran.

據路透社報道，羅德警告稱，如果他們在伊朗境外旅行，這些人可能會在100多個國家面臨引渡。

The Mabna Institute was established in 2013, and US prosecutors believe it was designed to help Iranian research organisations steal information.

馬布納研究所成立於2013年，美國檢察官認爲它旨在幫助伊朗研究機構竊取信息。

It is accused of carrying out cyber attacks on 144 US universities, and 176 universities in 21 foreign countries, including the UK, Germany, Canada, Israel and Japan.

該研究所被指控對144所美國大學、以及包括英國，德國，加拿大，以色列和日本在內的21個國家的176所大學進行網絡攻擊。

By targeting the email accounts of more than 100,000 professors worldwide, the hackers compromised about 8,000 of them, according to the justice department.

據司法部門表示，通過鎖定全球超過10萬名教授的電子郵件帳戶，黑客攻擊了其中約8000人。