WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran’s Intelligence and Security Ministry and the minister, accusing them of being linked to a July cyberattack on Albania and targeting also the United States and its allies.
The move comes after Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran last Wednesday following a July computer attack on government sites, which it blamed on Iran.
In a statement, the US Treasury Department says the Department of Intelligence and Security runs several hacker rings.
The ministry has been the target of sanctions in the past.
(Report Daphne Psaledakis and Chris Bing, French version Tristan Chabba, edited by Sophie Louet)
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