Sadegh Ahmadzadegan

ifmat - MOHAMMAD SADEGH AHMADZADEGAN

Responsible for managing the Mersad Co. botnet, which was used to target 24 corporations in the U.S. financial sector during DDoS attacks in 2012 and 2013

Country:

Iran  

Status:Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation

Risk Level:99%

May harm your business future. Persons or entities that engage in transactions with this entity will be exposed to sanctions or subject to an enforcement action.

Working with this entity means supporting Iranian Regime, Regime Terrorist Activities & development of WMD

Info:
Mohammad Sadegh Ahmadzadegan is wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to conduct a coordinated campaign of distributed denial of service (“DDoS”) attacks against the United States financial sector and other United States companies from 2012 through 2013. Ahmadzadegan was the co-founder of Mersad, a private computer security company that performed work on behalf of the Iranian Government, and a former member of the Iran-based computer hacking groups Ashiyane Digital Security Team and Sun Army. He allegedly managed the Mersad botnet used for the DDoS attacks. Ahmadzadegan was also allegedly involved in providing training to Iranian intelligence personnel. During the DDoS attacks, Ahmadzadegan allegedly accessed and issued commands to the Kamikaze botnet.

Also Known As:
el_nitr0jen;
Nitr0jen;
Nitr0jen26;

Country:
Iran

Reason for the color:
» Wanted by the FBI;
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing his assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13694, for causing a significant disruption to the availability of a computer or network of computers;