Members of the 'Proud Boys' have been arrested for scuffling with Antifa, and the group has been de-platformed by every major tech platform for its "Racist" views while the left-wing media constantly held it up as a right-wing boogeyman.
As it turns out, a group of Iranian hackers purportedly posed as members of the Proud Boys during a cyber misinformation campaign dedicated to interfering in the 2020 US election, according to a briefing released by the FBI this week warning the public about the activities of Iranian hacker collective, which is called Emennett Pasargad. The notice describing the Iranian group's tactics and techniques was released months after an October grand jury indictment of two Iranian nationals allegedly employed by the group.
They carried out a "Multi-faceted campaign to interfere in the US election".
As part of this campaign, they obtained confidential information on voters from at least one state election website; sent threatening e-mails to try and intimidate voters, created and disseminated a video containing "Disinformation" about nonexistent vulnerabilities about America's voting system, and attempted to access, without authorization, several states' voting-related websites.
Members posed as Proud Boys while carrying out their "Voter intimation"-related activities, the FBI said.
In addition to interfering in the 2020 vote, Emennet has also conducted cyber disnformation campaigns against Saudi Arabia, during which the group "Masqueraded" as the "Yemen Cyber Army".
Members of the group mask their activity by deploying attacks through virtual private networks, or VPNs. The bureau said Emennet favors websites that run certain software programs, including WordPress, which hackers can exploit to carry out their attacks.
Friday, January 28, 2022
Iranian Hackers Posed As "Proud Boys" During 2020 Election Disinformation Campaign, FBI Says
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