A police officer escorts an Iranian-Turkish national, who is suspected of hacking attacks that damaged U.S. infrastructure to the tune of $3.4 billion according to Montenegrin police, and was arrested

BELGRADE — Montenegrin police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested an Iranian-Turkish national suspected ​of hacking attacks that damaged U.S. infrastructure to ‌the tune of $3.4 billion, Montenegrin police said.

The 39-year-old man, with dual Iranian and Turkish citizenship, is sought by the Southern ​District Court in New York on charges ​including conspiracy to commit computer fraud, hacking, ⁠and identity theft.

He was arrested in the Adriatic ​coastal resort of Kotor, Montenegro’s police directorate said on ​Thursday.

“From 2013 onward, … he carried out massive hacking attacks … targeting more than 150 universities in the United States, causing damage ​estimated at over $3.4 billion,” it added in a ​statement.

The case will now go to a High Court judge ‌in ⁠Montenegro’s capital of Podgorica for extradition proceedings, the police added.

The acquired data, as well as access to compromised university accounts, were used for the benefit ​of the Islamic ​Revolutionary Guard ⁠Corps and other Iranian entities, including universities, it said.

The FBI was not immediately ​available for comment.

Iran and the IRGC ​have ⁠a long history of state-sponsored cyber operations targeting the United States, often linked to IRGC.

In April, U.S. cybersecurity, ⁠law ​enforcement, and intelligence agencies warned ​about an escalation of Iranian hacking campaigns targeting equipment across critical ​U.S. infrastructure.