Federal prosecutors charge Iranian national for allegedly hacking into the computer servers of HBO
Behzad Mesri
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Behzad Mesri  was charged in a seven-count indictment with computer fraud  wire fraud and other crimes.  He  is believed to be in Iran and likely beyond the reach of American authorities  but federal prosecutors and the FBI scheduled a lunchtime news conference to discuss the case.
Bill Sweeney  assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office  said that  Mesri  "lurked in the alleyways of the Internet  identified the vulnerabilities of his victim  and pickpocketed their information from thousands of miles away. After he had successfully identified their proprietary secrets  he held their future for ransom. Today's charges show that international cybercriminals are never beyond the reach of U.S. laws."
 Mesri  was a self-professed expert in computer hacking  court records said.  He  had worked previously âon behalf of the Iranian militaryâ to hack military systems  nuclear software systems and Israeli infrastructure.
 He  was known online as Skote Vahshat  a hacker pseudonym federal prosecutors said  Mesri  used to deface hundreds of websites in the United States and elsewhere around the world.
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 [TGT] was charged in a seven-count indictment with computer fraud  wire fraud and other crimes.   [TGT]   is believed to be in Iran and likely beyond the reach of American authorities  but federal prosecutors and the FBI scheduled a lunchtime news conference to discuss the case.
Bill Sweeney  assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office  said that  Mesri  "lurked in the alleyways of the Internet  identified the vulnerabilities of his victim  and pickpocketed their information from thousands of miles away. After he had successfully identified their proprietary secrets  he held their future for ransom. Today's charges show that international cybercriminals are never beyond the reach of U.S. laws. [TGT] 
was a self-professed expert in computer hacking  court records said.   [TGT]   had worked previously âon behalf of the Iranian militaryâ to hack military systems  nuclear software systems and Israeli infrastructure.
  [TGT]   was known online as Skote Vahshat  a hacker pseudonym federal prosecutors said   [TGT] used to deface hundreds of websites in the United States and elsewhere around the world.