[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-alleged-mabna-hacker-extradited-to-us-from-montenegro":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},9818,"alleged-mabna-hacker-extradited-to-us-from-montenegro","Alleged Mabna Hacker Extradited to US From Montenegro","US prosecutors got custody of a man accused of helping Iran's Mabna Institute steal 31 terabytes of data from hundreds of universities and companies.","An Iranian-Turkish man accused of helping run a years-long, state-backed hacking campaign is now in US custody.\n\nMontenegrin police arrested Amir Barati in June at the FBI's request, and he was extradited to the US on October 1. Barati is one of 17 people indicted in August on wire and computer fraud charges tied to Mabna Institute, an Iran-based hacking outfit. Prosecutors say the group spent years, starting in 2013, breaking into 8,000 professor email accounts and stealing more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from 144 US universities, 42 companies, and five government agencies, plus targets abroad. Barati's specific role, according to court documents, was tracking the hacks' progress and building targeting lists for private-sector victims.\n\nWhat makes this notable isn't the hack itself, it's the arrest. Iran runs one of the world's more prolific state-sponsored hacking programs, and its operatives almost never end up in a US courtroom. Most indictments against Iranian, Russian, or North Korean state hackers are symbolic: names and photos published, no extradition treaty to back them up, no consequences beyond travel restrictions.\n\nThat's the real story here. The data, $3.4 billion in alleged losses, 300-plus institutions, feeding Iran's Revolutionary Guard, is the kind of sprawling figure that's hard to verify and easy to inflate. But an actual body in an actual federal court is rare enough that it's worth noting on its own. It also lands weeks after Iran was suspected in attacks on US water utilities and months after an Iran-linked group claimed credit for wiping 200,000 devices. Whether one extradition changes Tehran's calculus is another question entirely.","[\"iran\",\"hacking\",\"cybersecurity\",\"extradition\"]","2026-10-04T12:55:00.000Z","2026-10-05T06:19:24.380Z","2026-10-05T06:19:28.682Z","published",null,[],"security",[26,27,28,29],"iran","hacking","cybersecurity","extradition",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Tom's Hardware","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tomshardware.com\u002Ftech-industry\u002Fcyber-security\u002Firanian-national-extradited-to-us-over-alleged-usd3-4-billion-state-backed-hacking-campaign-in-rare-legal-win-for-law-enforcement-operative-helped-steal-31-terabytes-of-data-from-over-300-universities",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,45,50,55,60,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",6060,"2026-10-03T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":24,"count":44,"latest_published_at":18},"Security",851,{"name":46,"slug":47,"count":48,"latest_published_at":49},"Policy","policy",439,"2026-10-02T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Deals","deals",321,"2026-10-04T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Hardware","hardware",200,"2026-10-03T14:50:50.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":49},"Science","science",176,{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",156,"2026-10-02T15:20:39.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",96,"2026-10-01T16:57:03.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Software","software",93,"2026-09-30T21:41:11.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Startups","startups",90,"2026-10-01T21:55:22.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Gaming","gaming",53,"2026-10-02T02:50:39.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"General","general",50,"2026-09-30T21:37:54.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",32,"2026-10-02T18:00:00.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",7,"2026-10-01T09:00:00.000Z"]