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
AMIN SHOKOHI
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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Key leads to think about
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suspect
Lead #1Why did Shokohi, working for an Iranian IT company, target U.S. financial institutions specifically during 2011-2013?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific botnet infrastructure and malware tools did Shokohi create or obtain for the DDoS attacks?
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location
Lead #3Is Shokohi still actively operating in Iran, and does he maintain connections to ITSecTeam or other threat actors?
Amin Shokohi, an Iranian computer hacker employed by ITSecTeam, was indicted in January 2016 for his role in a conspiracy to conduct coordinated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against U.S. financial institutions and companies between 2011 and 2013. He allegedly helped build the botnet infrastructure, authored attack scripts, created malware, and obtained bot shells used in the attacks. Shokohi remains at large and is believed to be living in Iran, speaking Farsi.
Case
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Iran
United States District Court, Southern District of New York; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Lead #4Who were Shokohi's co-conspirators in the attack campaign, and have they been identified or apprehended?
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Official wording
Source Narrative
Conspiracy to Commit, and Aid and Abet, Computer Intrusion Caution: Amin Shokohi 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. Shokohi was a computer hacker who worked for ITSecTeam, an Iranian information technology company.
He allegedly helped build the botnet that was used to direct the DDoS attacks, and authored attack scripts and created malware that were used to engage in the attacks. Shokohi also allegedly obtained bot shells that were used in the DDoS attacks.
On January 21, 2016, a grand jury in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, indicted Shokohi for his alleged 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: Shokohi is known to speak Farsi and is thought to be living in Iran.
Timeline of Events
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2011-01-01
DDoS attack campaign begins
Coordinated campaign of distributed denial of service attacks against U.S. financial sector and companies begins
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2013-12-31
DDoS attack campaign ends
Coordinated DDoS attack campaign against U.S. targets concludes
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2016-01-21
Federal indictment issued
Grand jury in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York indicts Shokohi for conspiracy to commit and aid and abet computer intrusion; federal warrant issued for arrest
Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2011
Last Updated:October 29, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2011
Last Updated:October 29, 2026