美国宣布对伊朗黑客实施制裁

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

美国政府近日对一家伊朗公司和10名个人实施制裁，指控其对包括数百所大学在内的机构进行网络攻击。

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

这一名叫马布纳研究所的公司，被指控窃取大小达31TB的“有价值的知识产权和数据”。

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

司法部门表示，该公司攻击了全球320所大学、数十家公司和部分美国政府。

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

在10名个人中，目前有9人已因相关犯罪被分别起诉。

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.

美国财政部发表的一则声明称，马布纳研究所的两名创始人受到制裁，他们的资产被美国强制冻结。

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

美国副检察长罗德·罗森斯坦在新闻发布会上表示：“这些被告现在是司法逃犯。”

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

据路透社报道，罗德警告称，如果他们在伊朗境外旅行，这些人可能会在100多个国家面临引渡。

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

马布纳研究所成立于2013年，美国检察官认为它旨在帮助伊朗研究机构窃取信息。

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.

该研究所被指控对144所美国大学、以及包括英国，德国，加拿大，以色列和日本在内的21个国家的176所大学进行网络攻击。

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.

据司法部门表示，通过锁定全球超过10万名教授的电子邮件帐户，黑客攻击了其中约8000人。