Komeil Baradaran Salmani

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Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government, participates in malicious cyber activities against U.S. critical infrastructure in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

Komeil Baradaran Salmani is wanted by U.S. authorities for his alleged involvement in a coordinated, multi-year campaign that conducted cyber intrusions into more than 12 U.S. companies, as well as the U.S. Departments of State and the Treasury. Salmani participated in a spear phishing campaign against the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a U.S. hospitality company throughout 2018.

From at least approximately 2014 through at least 2018, Salmani, a national of the Islamic Republic of Iran, worked for Iran-based Mahak Rayan Afraz, a front company operating on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity.

In or around the time of his alleged activity, Salmani was associated with Dadeh Afzar Arman (DAA) and Data Processing of East (DPE) – both of which were located inside Iran.

Anyone with information on Komeil Baradaran Salmani’s malicious cyber activity should contact Rewards for Justice via the Tor-based tips-reporting channel at: he5dybnt7sr6cm32xt77pazmtm65flqy6irivtflruqfc5ep7eiodiad.onion (Tor browser required).