The hackers alleged waged a campaign against universities around the world, including 144 here in the United States. According to the DoJ report, the hackers worked on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the government-funded Mabna Institute. It took a long, long time for them to exfiltrate all that data. In addition to 320 universities in nearly two dozen countries, the state-sponsored hackers also targeted U.S. government organizations and numerous American companies. Unsurprisingly, their customers allegedly included numerous Iranian universities and companies.

Source: Forbes March 23, 2018 19:30 UTC