A global software company recently agreed to pay combined penalties of more than $8 million as part of a global resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) resulting from its export control violations. Beginning in 2010 and continuing through 2017, the software company, without an export license, either exported or caused the export of its products to Iranian users. Specifically, the software company had inadvertently released thousands of downloads of their products, upgrades and patches to users in Iran.