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Montenegro arrests Iranian-Turkish hacker linked to $3.4 B university attacks

6/26/2026

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Montenegro police and the FBI arrested a 39-year-old Iranian-Turkish dual national in Kotor.
He faces U.S. charges of conspiracy, hacking and identity theft for attacks since 2013 that hit over 150 universities, caused $3.4 billion in damage, and aided Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
A Podgorica judge will rule on his extradition to the United States, and the FBI declined comment after April warnings of heightened Iranian hacking.

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Montenegro police and the FBI arrested a 39-year-old Iranian-Turkish dual national in Kotor.
He faces U.S. charges of conspiracy, hacking and identity theft for attacks since 2013 that hit over 150 universities, caused $3.4 billion in damage, and aided Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
A Podgorica judge will rule on his extradition to the United States, and the FBI declined comment after April warnings of heightened Iranian hacking.