These two Iranian hackers interfered in 2020 US elections

In its latest statement, the U.S. State Department (DOJ) offered a $10 million reward to anyone who provides information about a group of Iranian citizens accused of deploying cyberattacks in order to intimidate American voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election.


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U.S. authorities argue that Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian managed to access the records of more than 100,000 American voters, deploying a series of hacking activities to try to influence decision-making and voting trends. As part of these campaigns, the suspects would have tried to hack various websites using a misconfigured computer.






The duo also reportedly used the compromised information to create fake news and distribute it via Facebook and email, trying to alter thousands of voters’ perceptions of the Democratic Party and its members. The hackers used to share the false idea of the Democratic Party trying to compromise e-voting systems in U.S. to commit fraud.


According to the DOJ, these messages sometimes included a YouTube video about an alleged investigation related to e-voting systems, claiming that the Democratic Party was using hackers to create fake ballots and enter illegitimate votes into electronic systems.






As if that were not enough, the defendants would begin a campaign in which, posing as members of the far-right group Proud Boys, they threatened voters with physical harm if they did not vote for the re-election of Donald Trump.


About the suspects, the DOJ identified them as expert hackers who have collaborated with multiple tech companies and primarily with the government of Iran. Kazemi and Kashian are facing multiple charges, including co ..

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