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Multiple targets associated with 2024 U.S. Presidential Campaigns and Iranian/Middle Eastern affairs personnel
Cold Case · Open
1 year waiting · since 2024
SEYYED ALI AGHAMIRI
Justice for Multiple targets associated with 2024 U.S. Presidential Campaigns and Iranian/Middle Eastern affairs personnel — the trail went cold in 2024, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What is Seyyed Ali Aghamiri's current location and how is he connected to IRGC cyber operations?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific malware, techniques, and infrastructure were used in the targeted campaigns against 2024 Presidential Campaign personnel?
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person
Lead #3Who are the co-conspirators Yasar Balaghi and Masoud Jalili, and what are their specific roles in the cyber conspiracy?
Seyyed Ali Aghamiri is wanted by the FBI for his alleged participation in sophisticated cyber attacks attributed to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Between 2019 and present day, he and his co-conspirators targeted individuals associated with the 2024 U.S. Presidential Campaigns and personnel involved in Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs, including government officials, journalists, and activists. Federal arrest warrants were issued on September 27, 2024, for multiple cyber crimes including wire fraud, identity theft, and material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
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United States (distributed targets)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
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Lead #4How did investigators identify and attribute these cyber attacks to Iranian government actors?
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Source Narrative
Conspiracy to Obtain Information from a Protected Computer; Defraud and Obtain a Thing of Value; Commit Fraud Involving Authentication Features; Commit Aggravated Identity Theft; Commit Access Device Fraud; Commit Wire Fraud While Falsely Registering Domains; Wire Fraud; Aggravated Identify Theft; Aiding and Abetting; Material Support to Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Caution: Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, Yasar Balaghi , and Masoud Jalili are wanted for their alleged participation in malicious cyber activity associated with advanced persistent threat (APT) actors affiliated with the Iranian Government’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The alleged IRGC cyber activity targeted various individuals associated with the 2024 United States Presidential Campaigns, as well as personnel with a nexus to Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs, such as current or former senior government officials, senior think tank personnel, journalists, activists, and lobbyists from 2019 to present day.
Federal arrest warrants were issued for each of the men in the United States District Court, District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., on September 27, 2024, after they were charged with multiple cyber-related crimes. Remarks: Aghamiri has ties to Iran.
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Timeline of Events
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2019-01-01
Malicious cyber activity begins
Alleged IRGC-affiliated APT cyber activity targeting U.S. personnel begins
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2024-09-27
Federal arrest warrants issued
Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, Yasar Balaghi, and Masoud Jalili charged with multiple cyber-related crimes in U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2019
Last Updated:May 10, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2019
Last Updated:May 10, 2026
Up to $10 Reward
For information leading to the resolution of this case