JURISDICTION PROFILE

Jurisdiction: Iran

Court filings and enforcement actions documenting cyber intrusions within or targeting entities in Iran.

Key Facts

Total Cases
1
Prosecution matters
Identified Losses
$1.0 billion
Court & SEC records
  • 1 documented prosecution matters involving Iran.
  • Cumulative identified losses exceed $1.0 billion.
  • Includes federal court filings, international extraditions, and sanctions designations.

Documented Incidents

uncharged 2010-06-17

Operation Olympic Games (Stuxnet Industrial SCADA Cyberweapon)

Joint United States and Israeli covert cyber operation that deployed the Stuxnet computer worm, the first known malware capable of causing physical destruction to industrial hardware. The worm exploited four Windows zero-day vulnerabilities and compromised Siemens Step7 PLC software to spin Natanz nuclear centrifuges out of control.