{"id":1027839,"date":"2021-11-18T14:14:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1027839"},"modified":"2021-11-18T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:14:25","slug":"two-iranians-charged-for-cyberattacks-meant-to-influence-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-iranians-charged-for-cyberattacks-meant-to-influence-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Iranians Charged for Cyberattacks Meant To Influence 2020 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-iranians-charged-for-cyberattacks-meant-to-influence-2020-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1027839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-83659141_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Justice Department charged two Iranian nationals for cyberattacks meant to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election and infiltrate the Trump campaign&#8217;s computers.<\/p>\n<p>A federal indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging two Iranians &#8220;for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate and influence American voters, and otherwise undermine voter confidence and sow discord, in connection with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,&#8221; according to a Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-iranian-nationals-charged-cyber-enabled-disinformation-and-threat-campaign-designed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian nationals Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi, 24, and Sajjad Kashian, 27, are accused of obtaining &#8220;U.S. voter information from at least one state election website&#8221; and sending &#8220;threatening email messages to intimidate and interfere with voters,&#8221; according to the indictment. The pair also attempted to gain unauthorized access to state voting sites and accessed an unnamed U.S. media company&#8217;s computer network.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen, a member of the Justice Department&#8217;s National Security Division, said the indictment provides evidence on how the Iranians &#8220;waged a targeted, coordinated campaign to erode confidence in the integrity of the U.S. electoral system and to sow discord among Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The indictment was unsealed just one day after a U.S.-based advocacy group critical of the Iranian regime disclosed that Iran-backed hackers attempted to infiltrate their computers and gain access to communications with former Trump administration officials, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/iranian-hackers-hit-former-us-ambassador-in-attack-targeting-trump-admin-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), opposes Iran&#8217;s attempts to build a nuclear weapon. The hackers attempted to infiltrate the email of UANI CEO Mark Wallace, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those responsible managed to procure data outside of the public realm, impersonated our leadership in communications with former senior officials of the U.S. government, and attempted to harvest Gmail credentials,&#8221; Wallace said in a statement. &#8220;Separately, the group impersonated conference officials and attempted to lure UANI leadership to respond and click phishing links.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag-list\">\n<p class=\"w-full p-0 m-0\"><strong>Published under:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/iran\/\" title=\"View all posts in Iran\">Iran<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department charged two Iranian nationals for cyberattacks meant to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election and infiltrate the Trump campaign&#8217;s computers. 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