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US expands Iran-linked hacking case to 17 defendants over HBO’s $6 million Bitcoin ransom plot

CryptoSlate Published 21.08.2026 16:45

US prosecutors have expanded an eight-year-old hacking case tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, adding eight defendants and linking six of them to the 2017 HBO breach that included…

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