Iran suspected of pushing 'Enemies of the People' site after US election

 Washington Examiner:

Federal investigators revealed that a so-called “Enemies of the People” website that hurled accusations and threats at U.S. election officials in the wake of the 2020 presidential election was likely set up and operated by actors working for the Iranian regime.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Wednesday that the two groups “possess highly credible information indicating Iranian cyber actors almost certainly were responsible for the creation of a website called Enemies of the People, which contained death threats aimed at U.S. election officials in mid-December 2020.”

The bureau said it “has identified multiple domains, to include the main site … that contained personal information and photographs for a number of U.S. officials and individuals from private sector entities involved with the 2020 election” and that “threatening emails were sent to the officials” from associated email accounts.

The website is offline.

“The post-election creation of the Enemies of the People website demonstrates an ongoing Iranian intent to create divisions and mistrust in the United States and undermine public confidence in the U.S. electoral process,” the FBI and CISA said. “As referenced in Joint Cybersecurity Advisories [from late October] the FBI and CISA have previously warned that Iranian cyber actors were likely intent on influencing and interfering with the 2020 U.S. elections.”

The “Enemies of the People” website set up by the Iranians targeted more than a dozen federal and state officials, including FBI Director Christopher Wray, fired CISA Director Chris Krebs, and governors in swing states, such as Democrat Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Republicans Doug Ducey of Arizona and Brian Kemp of Georgia.

The site, which had included crosshairs over pictures of the targeted officials, also listed their addresses and other personal information, claiming that “the following individuals have aided and abetted the fraudulent election against Trump” and claiming that they were “changing votes and working against the President” to “overthrow our democracy.”

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Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and Wray held a surprise press conference in late October, warning Russia and Iran gained access to U.S. voter registration information, and Ratcliffe said Iran was sending spoofed emails pretending to be Proud Boys to voters in swing states, which he said was designed to damage Trump. The spy chief also weighed in in October to dismiss the idea that the Hunter Biden laptop story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.

CISA and the FBI warned twice in late October that “Iranian advanced persistent threat actors are likely intent on influencing and interfering with the U.S. elections to sow discord among voters and undermine public confidence in the U.S. electoral process,” and the bureau released a flash alert about the Iranian-based effort.

The United States also sanctioned Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other Iranian groups in October after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said they were involved in interfering in the 2020 election.

The intelligence community’s assessment of foreign influence in the 2020 election was delayed in December as senior intelligence officials clash over the role China played and as Ratcliffe seeks to include more viewpoints in the final analysis.

“Ratcliffe has been really clear about his view that China is our top national security threat,” a senior intelligence official told the Washington Examiner, adding that, "If there are conflicting views among senior analysts about Chinese election influence, he wants both views to get a fair shake in the report.”

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Iran is obviously not a fan of President Trump so this is an interesting attempt to stir up political opposition by pretending to back him.  Biden has indicated that he will reinstate Obama's terrible nuclear deal with Iran.