Iranian hacker accused of draining 31TB from university inboxes extradited to the US

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News5 Oct 2026, 10:33 CEST

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Iranian hacker Amir Barati faces extradition to the US over an alleged Iranian campaign that stole 31TB of data from universities. Amir Barati spent June 25 getting arrested in Montenegro, and this week a Montenegrin court signed off on sending him to the United States. He’s a dual Turkish and Iranian citizen, 40 years old, picked up by Montenegro’s Police Directorate after the FBI issued a warrant.

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