September 30, 2024 at 08:00AM
The US announced charges, sanctions, and rewards in response to Iranian hacking operations targeting the 2024 election. Iran’s cyber campaign targeted the Biden, Trump, and Harris campaigns, offering stolen information to the Biden campaign. Charges were announced against 3 employees of Iran’s IRGC, with the State Department offering a $10 million reward for information on the hackers.
Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– The United States has announced charges, sanctions, and rewards in response to recent Iranian hacking operations targeting the 2024 election.
– Iran has been running a cyber campaign targeting the upcoming US presidential election, targeting the Biden, Trump, and Harris campaigns and offering sensitive information stolen from the Trump campaign to the Biden campaign.
– Unlike Russia, which seems to favor Donald Trump in the upcoming election, Iran is believed to oppose Trump’s reelection and is attempting to undermine his campaign.
– The US Justice Department announced charges against three employees of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over hacker attacks not only against the presidential campaigns, but also current and former US officials, NGOs, and members of the media.
– The charged employees are Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yaser Balaghi and have been involved in IRGC hacking campaigns since at least January 2020.
– The Iranian hacking operation targeting the US presidential election has been linked to a threat group tracked as APT42, which had its activities disrupted by Google earlier this year.
– The State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on the three alleged hackers and has announced sanctions against them and several others.
– Agencies in the UK and US issued a joint alert warning at-risk individuals about phishing attempts conducted by Iranian hackers.
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