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Secret Service Investigation Leads to Indictment of Iranian Nationals

for City of Atlanta Ransomware Attack

ATLANTA, GA – Today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Faramarz Shahi

Savandi and Mohammed Mehdi Shah Mansouri with committing a sophisticated ransomware attack

on the City of Atlanta in March 2018.

“This investigation and subsequent indictment demonstrates the Secret Service’s commitment to

safeguarding our financial institutions, our communities, our homeland,” said Kimberly A. Cheatle,

Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service, Atlanta Field Office. “The virus causing the

disruption of service to the City of Atlanta was triaged by cyber investigative experts at the Secret

Service in conjunction with other federal law enforcement partners.”