The person at the center of this case
United States financial sector and companies (victims of DDoS attacks)
Cold Case · Open
10 years waiting · since 2016
AHMAD FATHI
Justice for United States financial sector and companies (victims of DDoS attacks) — the trail went cold in 2016, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What is Ahmad Fathi's current location and is he still operating ITSecTeam or other cyber operations?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific financial institutions and companies were targeted, and what was the financial impact of the DDoS attacks?
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person
Lead #3Who were the employees of ITSecTeam that received and executed the attack scripts, and have they been identified or prosecuted?
Ahmad Fathi, director of Iranian IT company ITSecTeam, is wanted for allegedly orchestrating a conspiracy to conduct coordinated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against U.S. financial institutions and companies between 2011 and 2013. He allegedly provided his employees with attack scripts and compromised computer systems used as bots in the attacks. A federal warrant was issued on January 21, 2016, after his indictment in the Southern District of New York for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
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United States District Court, Southern District of New York; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Lead #4How were the attack scripts and compromised computer systems obtained and distributed to employees?
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Conspiracy to Commit, and Aid and Abet, Computer Intrusion Caution: Ahmad Fathi is wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to conduct a coordinated campaign of distributed denial of service ("DDoS") attacks against the United States financial sector and other United States companies from 2011 through 2013. Fathi is the director and owner of ITSecTeam, also known as Amnpardazesh Kharazmi, an Iranian Information Technology company.
He allegedly provided his employees with attack scripts and shells for compromised computer systems which were later used as bots in the denial of service attacks. On January 21, 2016, a grand jury in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, indicted Fathi for his involvement in the scheme and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest after he was charged with conspiracy to commit, and aid and abet, computer intrusion.
Remarks: Fathi is known to speak both English and Farsi.
Timeline of Events
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2011-01-01
DDoS Campaign Period Begins
Coordinated distributed denial of service attacks against U.S. financial sector and companies begin
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2013-12-31
DDoS Campaign Period Ends
Coordinated distributed denial of service attacks campaign concludes
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2016-01-21
Indictment and Warrant Issued
Grand jury in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, indicts Ahmad Fathi for conspiracy to commit and aid and abet computer intrusion; federal arrest warrant issued
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2011
Last Updated:April 29, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2011
Last Updated:April 29, 2026