Iran MOIS-directed cyber group (Mesri, Ghal'eh-Kuhi, Blagh, Kahzadian) - OFAC-listed crypto addresses
- Scam type: Hack
- Chain: Bitcoin
- Reported: 2026-10-14
- Last updated: 2026-10-16
On 2026-08-24 OFAC (Operation Economic Outcast) designated members of a malicious cyber group directed by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Treasury says the group, led since at least summer 2023 by Mojtaba Ghal'eh-Kuhi and Behzad Mesri, compromised and exfiltrated data from U.S. critical-infrastructure companies (energy, defense, healthcare, IT, finance) and, in summer 2024, multiple local, state and federal government offices; Arman Kahzadian focused on digital-asset heists (took control of a wallet holding >$30,000 in BTC in summer 2023). Behzad Mesri ('Skote Vahshat')…
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