FBI Says Iranian Group Tried to Attack the 2024 Summer Olympics

An Iranian threat actor, Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan aka Emennet Pasargad, was involved in numerous operations in 2024, including one against the Summer Olympics in which they tried to compromise a French commercial dynamic display provider.

While many threat actors get in the news by using ransomware and stealing information from compromised infrastructure, not all groups are the same. Their interests will differ depending on who’s funding them or guiding them from the shadows. 

The Federal Bure