A top Iranian hacker long wanted by the FBI was killed last week after a joint Israeli attack on Iran, an Iranian media outlet said.
Mohammad Mehdi Farhadi Ramin, an Iranian man accused of stealing the identities of US citizens and accessing national security data, died in the city of Hamadan, Iran International saidadding that his funeral took place on Monday.
According to the FBI, Farhadi had been wanted by US authorities since 2020 for his “alleged involvement in malicious cyber activities” dating back to at least 2013.
Among his alleged crimes, Farhadi allegedly targeted corporations, universities, US defense contractors and non-profit organizations to gain access to sensitive data. Authorities say he also stole credit card information and Social Security numbers from U.S. citizens to finance illegal activities, while selling some of the stolen data on the black market.
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Mehdi Farhadi has been wanted by US authorities since 2020. (FBI)
Ramin was first indicted on September 15, 2020, by a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, for his alleged involvement in a massive, coordinated cyber intrusion campaign on behalf of the Iranian government.
Ramin and a co-defendant allegedly vandalized websites with ideological messages intended to project Iranian influence, including images of burning Israeli flags and threats that appeared to “signal the demise” of countries considered rivals of Iran, including the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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An aerial view shows the cityscape of Hamadan, Iran, on December 14, 2025. (Mobina/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
“They brazenly infiltrated computer systems and targeted intellectual property and often sought to intimidate perceived enemies of Iran, including dissidents fighting for human rights in Iran and around the world,” the Justice Department previously said.
“This conduct threatens our national security and as a result, these defendants are wanted by the FBI and considered fugitives from justice.”
A poster wanted by the FBI claims that Mehdi Farhadi has committed “malicious cyber activities” targeting the US and other countries. (FBI)
Authorities alleged that the suspect also compromised email accounts by creating hidden automated forwarding rules that secretly sent all incoming and outgoing emails directly to him and his co-conspirators.
Top Iranian hacker Mehdi Farhadi was reportedly killed in Iran last week. (FBI)
Officials emphasized that these actions gave Iran access to a vast amount of stolen information, including hundreds of terabytes of data related to national security, foreign policy, civilian nuclear research, space travel and unpublished scientific studies.
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