Mabna Institute

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MITRE G0101

Reports

First seen

Aug 18, 2026

Last seen

Aug 19, 2026

Motivation

Espionage

Targeting

Sectors

Education ×1

Victim regions

×3

United States×3

Victim country, only when stated. Corpus is predominantly English-language reporting, so US/EU coverage is overweighted relative to true victim distribution.

Top ATT&CK techniques

T1110 Brute Force ×3T1005 Data from Local System ×3T1078 Valid Accounts ×2T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel ×2T1087 Account Discovery ×1T1560 Archive Collected Data ×1T1566 Phishing ×1T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service ×1T1021 Remote Services ×1T1003 OS Credential Dumping ×1

Recent reports

Critical

US charges 17 Iranian hackers over $3.4 billion intellectual property theft

Bleeping ComputerAug 19, 2026 High

US charges 17 Iranians for sprawling hacking campaign targeting government agencies and universities

The Record (Recorded Future News)Aug 19, 2026 High

Federal authorities indict 17 Iranian hackers from Mabna Institute in massive academic espionage campaign

CyberScoopAug 18, 2026

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