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Feds say Iran was behind ‘Proud Boys’ threats sent to Democratic voters

Oct 22, 2020 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer 11 Comments

How much does the Islamic Republic of Iran want the Obama-Biden regime back? This much.

“Feds: Iran Behind ‘Proud Boys’ Email Attacks on Democratic Voters,” by Elizabeth Montalbano, ThreatPost, October 22, 2020:

Messages that threaten people to ‘vote for Trump or else’ are part of foreign adversaries’ attempts to interfere with the Nov. 3 election, according to feds.

Federal officials claim that Iranian threat actors are behind two separate email campaigns that assailed Democratic voters this week with threats to “vote for Trump or else.” The campaigns claimed to be from violent extremist group Proud Boys.

Two specific email campaigns — one on Tuesday Oct. 20 and one on Wednesday, Oct. 21 — threatened Democratic voters in Alaska, Arizona and Florida that attackers accessed “all of your information.” They warned that there would be dire repercussions if voters didn’t cast their ballot for President Trump in the upcoming election, according to a Wednesday Proofpoint report. The research came on the heels of a report from WUFT in Florida that the FBI was investigating threatening emails sent to Democratic voters in the state.

The emails of both campaigns were sent from addresses linked to the far-right, male-only group Proud Boys — “Proud Boys <info[@]officialproudboys[.]com>” on Oct. 20 messages and “Proud Boys <info[@]proudboysusa[.]com>” on Oct. 21 messages. However, federal officials claimed in a press conference late Wednesday that Iran had obtained some voter registration information and was actually behind the attack.

“We have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite voters and damage President Trump,” Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said in the briefing.

Iran also is distributing other content to mislead voters, including a video that implies that individuals can cast fraudulent ballots, even from overseas, Ratcliffe said. “These videos are not true,” he said, calling the actions of Iran to interfere with the election “desperate attempts by desperate adversaries.”

Of note, Reuters has reported that governments sources say, while U.S. officials suspect the Iranian government was involved, concrete evidence remains inconclusive. Meanwhile, others in the security research community told ZDNet that they could not confirm the attribution to Iran….

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  1. Keith O says

    Oct 22, 2020 at 8:16 pm

    This is now the world we live in, where foreign actors can use the internet to try and get an election result they want.
    There are at least 4 foreign players who want to influence the election for various reasons. Russia, China, North Korea & Iran all have their fingers in the pot stirring it, then you have both sides of the election causing shit as well with the help of the media.
    So in reality, nobody should be shocked by any of this.

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  2. gravenimage says

    Oct 22, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    Feds say Iran was behind ‘Proud Boys’ threats sent to Democratic voters
    ……………

    Gee, what a surprise. But how many Americans will even notice this?

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Oct 23, 2020 at 9:35 am

      You are correct, GI. Most Dems will yawn. They are unable to see the danger of the Iranian fanatics.

      Reply
  3. Brian Hoff says

    Oct 23, 2020 at 9:19 am

    Fake new from the GOP.

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Oct 23, 2020 at 9:36 am

      To Brian Hoff: Try going to Iran and living there. Then report back.

      Reply
    • don vito says

      Oct 23, 2020 at 10:42 am

      blasphemer

      Reply
  4. b.a. freeman says

    Oct 23, 2020 at 11:07 am

    it is *easy* to spoof email headers. how do U think spam works?

    i have looked at the proudboys’ website, and it does not appear to be a racist or “far-right” group (whatever THAT is, since nazis and fascists are actually SOCIALISTS). can one of the trolls here provide so evidence that the proudboys are beating people in the streets without provocation,that they are bombing or burning buildings, or that their beliefs contradict what is on their website? so far, all i see are stories in which members get into fights with antifa types who have attacked them, although i must admit that learning more about them has not been high on my priority list.

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    • b.a. freeman says

      Oct 23, 2020 at 11:08 am

      sigh … typo:
      “…trolls here provide SO evidence…”
      should be
      “…trolls here provide soME evidence…”

      Reply
  5. Robyt says

    Oct 24, 2020 at 3:37 am

    This is a classical spot for the democratic party by the deep institutions, by the means of alleged, unverifiable and uncontrollable information, that only they could know and more probably fabricate (they say that their foreign enemy country of Iran is attacking the democratic party voters with emails: this only results in increasing the democratic voters to go on voting).

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  6. The Political Oracle says

    Oct 24, 2020 at 6:52 am

    I condemn all forms of violence in order to achieve a political agenda. This is the statement that all leaders should use when pressed to condemn a certain group. The Proud Boys was labeled as a violent extremist group. Antifa is also a violent extremist group. Biden condones the violence by Antifa, calling Antifa an idea rather than what Antifa really is. Trump does not want to deal with 15-year-old political bully antics by having to denounce groups that he has nothing to do with.

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  7. Kesselman says

    Oct 26, 2020 at 11:36 am

    Again, no surprise. It’s how politics and strategy work nowadays. The only thing to say is being better on warfare cyber attacks and killing machines alike.

    Reply

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