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FBI-Wanted Iranian Hacker Reportedly Killed in US-Israel Airstrike
Key Iranian Hacker Reported Dead
Mohammad Mehdi Farhadi Ramin, a senior Iranian hacker long wanted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has reportedly died following a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike against Iran last week, according to Iranian media outlet Iran International. Ramin was accused of stealing the identities of U.S. citizens and accessing national security data. He reportedly died in the Iranian city of Hamadan, and his funeral was held on Monday.
Allegations and Indictment for Malicious Cyber Activities
According to the FBI, Ramin had been wanted by U.S. authorities since 2020 for his alleged involvement in "malicious cyber activities" dating back to at least 2013. He was known to target businesses, universities, U.S. Department of Defense contractors, and non-profit organizations to steal sensitive data. He was also accused of stealing U.S. citizens' credit card information and Social Security numbers to fund illicit activities and selling some of the data on the black market. Ramin was first indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, on September 15, 2020, for his alleged involvement in a large-scale cyber intrusion campaign on behalf of the Iranian government.
Website Defacement and Information Theft
Ramin and his accomplices reportedly defaced websites with ideological messages, including images of burning Israeli flags, to project Iranian influence. The U.S. Department of Justice emphasized that their actions threatened national security and that they were fugitives wanted by the FBI. The suspect was also accused of compromising email accounts, secretly configuring all incoming and outgoing emails to be automatically forwarded to himself and his co-conspirators, thereby exfiltrating hundreds of terabytes of vast amounts of information.
*Source: Fox News World (2026-03-10)*
