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DHS and FBI say hackers from Islamic Republic of Iran are targeting state election websites, pushing disinformation

Nov 1, 2020 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer 26 Comments

The mullahs had it so good from 2009 to 2017, they’re working hard to restore the status quo ante.

“DHS and FBI warn Iranian hackers are targeting state election websites and pushing disinformation,” by Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, October 31, 2020:

An Iranian cyber group was responsible for the targeting of U.S. election websites, the voter intimidation emails sent to potential voters, and the dissemination of election-related disinformation on voter fraud through a propaganda video this month, according to the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.

DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the bureau issued a joint cybersecurity advisory related to an Iranian “advanced persistent threat” hacker organization just a few days before Tuesday’s presidential election, saying the U.S. analysis indicated that the Iranians had also “scanned state websites, to include state election websites” in late September and that it was also observed “attempting to exploit websites to obtain copies of voter registration data” in September and October. CISA and the FBI confirmed that the Iranian hackers “successfully obtained voter registration data in at least one state” and that “a review of the records that were copied and obtained reveals the information was used in the propaganda video.”

An FBI FLASH Alert also noted that Iranian cyber actors “are likely intent on influencing and interfering with the U.S. elections to sow discord among voters and undermine public confidence in the US electoral process” and “are creating fictitious media sites and spoofing legitimate media sites to spread anti-American propaganda and misinformation about voter suppression.” The FBI said that the Iranians “had taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election” and advised that the Iranian-backed propaganda video that has circulated online “is almost certainly intended to make U.S. voter information and the voting process appear insecure and susceptible to fraud.”

There is no indication that the Iranian hackers have changed any votes or that they have the ability to interfere with any tallies….

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  1. Wellington says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 5:21 pm

    Pushing disinformation?

    How appropriate since Islam has disinformation written all over it, from its mischaracterization of the Christian Trinity to its asserting that Abraham and Moses were Muslims.

    Reply
    • eduardo odraude says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 11:57 pm

      It seems to me that Islam is not so much a religion as it is disinformation, i.e., lies imams tell Muslims. And the most profoundly deceived are the Muslims themselves. But David Wood has shown that large numbers of Muslims leave Islam when the lies are exposed by specific citations to Islam’s own most trusted sources: Qur’an, Hadith, Sira, and the more revered Tafsir.

      Reply
  2. James Lincoln says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 6:44 pm

    Iran is hoping that Biden gets elected and is Obama “light.”

    Something like:

    O b i d e n…

    Reply
  3. gravenimage says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 6:57 pm

    DHS and FBI say hackers from Islamic Republic of Iran are targeting state election websites, pushing disinformation
    ……………………..

    Few Americans know anything about this.

    Reply
  4. Saleem Smith says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    I am a Canadian ex-Muslim who contributes occasionally to Jihad Watch and you can find some of the articles that I have written if you do a search. This post is a bit off topic, but I want to say hello to my American friends South of the border and mention that if Trump wins on Tuesday, the Leftist street mobs and their Islamic allies might go ape shit in the US and significant things could take place in terms of martial law etc. Don’t forget to have at least two weeks of perishable and non-perishable food on hand and a goodly supply of water and a secondary fuel source for cooking food and heating water. Take care and best of luck to you my continental brethren. Together as free people we will never submit willingly to the evil degradations of Sharia/Islamic rule.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 1, 2020 at 10:31 pm

      Agreed, Saleem.

      And good to see you posting here again.

      Reply
    • Westman says

      Nov 2, 2020 at 1:30 am

      I could be mistaken but expect any future violence by mobs to experience an equal pushback by out-of-patience citizens.

      As you suggest, we are preparing for any eventuality. Most families have supplies on hand for a few weeks due to covid-19 restrictions on casual shopping. Where I live, typical families also have 1 or more 50 gal drums of water.

      Reply
    • Glen says

      Nov 2, 2020 at 5:25 pm

      Thank you brother.
      I believe the left will take to the streets no matter who wins. They have said they will go to the streets if Trump wins. I believe that if Biden wins, they will take to the streets targeting Trump supporters especially the white ones.

      No Surrender, No Retreat, No quarter will be given or none will be aked for. In the immortal words of Thoma Paine,
      = “If there must be trouble, let it be now so my grandaughters may live in peace”.
      My grandsons are older and will be involved. I really hope I am wrong, but I am prepared if it goes this way.

      Reply
    • Linde Barrera says

      Nov 3, 2020 at 10:42 am

      To Salem Smith- I do remember you and am glad you are now in Canada. God bless you and God bless Trump and Pence. I just voted for them (today is Nov. 3, 2020) at my neighborhood polling place in Brooklyn, NY.

      In my opinion, ANYONE who riots/ loots/ shoots because Trump/Pence won should be put in an orange jumpsuit and face a lawsuit too.

      Reply
    • Linde Barrera says

      Nov 3, 2020 at 10:46 am

      To Saleem Smith-Very sorry that I misspelled your name in my post of 10:42 am Nov. 3, 2020.

      Reply
  5. Westman says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    They had a lot of help from 60 Minutes, today. 60 Minutes has been zinging Trump for over 4 weeks and pulled out the stops cleverly, today, carefully choosing workers to interview and placing nursing home covid deaths on Trump as if the CDC had some magic way to know what the virus was and how to treat it in February.

    I previously thought of 60 Minutes as an unbiased source – no longer. Regardless of the outcome, the trust of the media is gone. Let them eat each other’s lunch until there is one trusted outlet for every political faction. That’s where they are taking it.

    It takes a worried Iran to sing a worried song. They’re worried now, so let the mullahs, worry long…. I’m singing this to the Kingston Trio melody:, “It Takes a Worried Man.”

    Reply
  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 11:00 pm

    This information provided in this jihadwatch article fits in perfectly with the documentary exposee entitled TRUMP CARD by Dinesh D’ Souza about Iran using is subversive political power money influence to dispose of President Trump and replace him with Joe Biden.

    After all , the scheming goal of that “mullah tyranny ” of using the American election to “Dump Trump” for it would be of great importance to the heads in that tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran because they understand that it would be rather easy for them to manipulate, control and use that weak and feeble minded ,Biden, to achieve every objective that they have on their Shiite Islamic agenda

    Reply
  7. eduardo odraude says

    Nov 1, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    They want to mess with our elections? Our government should quietly cause them some more serious pain, and let them know the pain will be ratcheted up until they stop what they are doing.

    Reply
  8. Rod says

    Nov 2, 2020 at 12:07 am

    “Disinformation’?
    Folks, just trust me. We’ve turned the corner. It’s going away. It will disappear. Like a miracle.
    As long as you accept these given truths, you can stop worrying about disinformation, no matter where it comes from.

    (I learned recently that the word “trumpery” comes
    from the French verb “tromper” – to deceive.)

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 2, 2020 at 6:59 pm

      No–Iran is not apt to stop lying to the Infidels any time soon.

      And no, President Trump’s name does not come from this French word. His family name was originally “Drumpf”, and an ancestor changed it to Trump. Such anlicizations and similar changes were very common with immigrants to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.

      Reply
      • Rod says

        Nov 3, 2020 at 1:21 am

        Thanks, gravy. It seems that Trump being an incorrigible liar is just a coincidence. But the French connection is indeed amusing.

        I see that the total of his lies and misleading statements now exceeds 22,000. And that the fact checking team are weeks behind, as they can’t keep up with the Liar-in-Chief’s recent surge of falsities and alternative facts. Will he tell more lies or fewer lies in his second term?

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        • Linde Barrera says

          Nov 3, 2020 at 10:53 am

          To Rod- First, be respectful. It is “graven- image” not “gravy”.

          Second, what do you smoke for breakfast? Biden has not denied his son Hunter’s emails. And Biden is a multi-millionaire from being in politics. Trump made his money from real estate long before entering the White House. So get your facts straight.

          Third- If you do not like it here in the US, you can always move to China, Somalia, or any other non-democratic country. I will help you pack.

        • gravenimage says

          Nov 3, 2020 at 6:13 pm

          “Rod’s” entire purpose here is to enable Islam.

  9. Rod says

    Nov 2, 2020 at 12:14 am

    DHS and FBI are also concerned about Russian interference, possibly to assist the Trump campaign. Robert Spencer has apparently missed this. Or is he keeping it from you?
    Surely he wouldn’t do such a thing! Wouldn’t that count as “disinformation”?

    Reply
    • Glen says

      Nov 2, 2020 at 6:25 pm

      The Soviet Union & now Russia have interfered in our elections since the 1930s. As far as I know, no candidates have been involved.\
      we have interfered in elections as well
      I was kicked out of a what I think was a Russian site online. They posted some garbage about Hillary. That set me off because it was garbage and I have thme a half dozen things they should post on line.

      Reply
  10. tgusa says

    Nov 2, 2020 at 1:04 am

    So all our anti American outside agitators and adversaries are pushing us to vote for Trump…

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 2, 2020 at 7:01 pm

      Iran is not pro-Trump, obviously.

      Reply
  11. Westman says

    Nov 2, 2020 at 1:39 am

    The photo of Khamenei, above, cries out to be placed on a dart board.

    Reply
  12. Ronald Joseph Lorette says

    Nov 2, 2020 at 8:43 am

    To Rod who is likely not French. Strange how He has picked a meaning to suit his hatred of Trump. Tromper has many meanings in French,as I am a Frenchman from Canada,so it struck me funny when I saw it used as He used it. It is way more commonly used to say that you stated something that you honestly believed was true, but someone has shown you the error of your statement, and you recant by saying :I am sorry,I was ((tromper)(mistaken) in what I just stated. Reference:Harraps Shorter French and English Dictionary. Looks like You have had some deception training yourself. Taqiya.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 2, 2020 at 7:02 pm

      And Trump’s ancestors are not French-speaking, in any case.

      Reply
  13. Walter Sieruk says

    Nov 2, 2020 at 10:48 am

    This American national election is of great importance . One reason is that its clear and obvious choice between good and evil.

    So it’s either voting for President Trump who sides with God and the US Constitution or , by contrast, voting for Joe Biden who is supported by that demonic “mullah regime” of Iran which intensely hate both America and Israel.

    Reply

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