Feds: Iranian hackers hit FERC with 'brazen cyber assault'

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Iranian hackers hit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during a "massive and brazen cyber assault" that claimed thousands of victims worldwide, U.S. authorities said today. Geoffrey Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, laid out the hackers' most "troubling" targets while announcing charges against nine Iranian nationals this morning. FERC "has details of some of this country's most sensitive infrastructure," he said, citing the agency's role overseeing the bulk power grid and interstate gas pipelines. The Justice Department did not detail what, if any, sensitive infrastructure data was stolen from FERC in an indictment unsealed today. FERC declined to comment.