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class=\"single-article__header-content\" readability=\"29.363636363636\">\n<ul class=\"single-article__eyebrow\">\n<li class=\"single-article__category\"> <a class=\"single-article__category-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/news\/geopolitics\/\"> <span>Geopolitics<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The individuals allegedly used spearphishing and malware to target the accounts of \u201cdozens\u201d of current and former U.S. officials. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack.jpg?resize=640%2C427&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" 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(Photo by Emily Elconin\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"65.78543017089\"><body readability=\"132.80486340438\"><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice unsealed charges against three Iranian nationals Friday for their alleged involvement in hacking Donald Trump\u2019s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yaser Balaghi are charged with conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer, fraud, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, providing material support to a terrorist organization, and aiding and abetting in an offense against the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25177052-24-cr-439-indictment-1\">indictment<\/a> filed Sept. 26 in the District Court for the District of Columbia, the three individuals were tasked by Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps with carrying out a \u201cwide-ranging hacking campaign\u201d using social engineering and spearphishing to target the online accounts of current and former U.S. government officials, individuals associated with U.S. political campaigns, members of the press and nongovernmental organizations.<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray described the alleged crimes carried out by the three Iranian hackers as part of \u201can attempt to sow discord and undermine our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear what we\u2019re talking about here: attempts by a hostile foreign government to steal campaign information from one presidential candidate and then shopping around both to that candidate\u2019s opponent and the media,\u201d Wray said. \u201cAnd while there\u2019s no indication that any of the recipients of the stolen campaign information actually replied, Iran\u2019s intent was clear: to sow discord and shape the outcome of our elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, on or around May 23, the hackers unsuccessfully attempted to log in to the email account of an individual (\u201cVictim 10\u201d), spurring the email provider to issue a password recovery code. The hackers then used IRGC infrastructure and a static IP address to access the email account of Victim 10, which was used to compromise the personal account of an official at an unnamed U.S. presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Those details match up with the hack-and-leak operation targeting the Trump campaign revealed earlier this year and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/iran-trump-campaign-hack-odni-statement\/\">later confirmed by U.S. intelligence agencies<\/a>. Victim 10 is never explicitly identified as Roger Stone in the indictment, but is described as \u201ca former, informal political consultant to the presidential candidate of U.S. presidential campaign 1.\u201d The account compromise and proximity to the Trump campaign align with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/12\/politics\/trump-campaign-hack-personal-email-account-fbi\/index.html\">statements Stone has made<\/a> confirming his email accounts were compromised. <\/p>\n<p>Alongside the indictments, the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy2621\">U.S. Treasury Department<\/a> announced sanctions against seven Iranian nationals for their roles in targeting this year\u2019s elections, as well as those held in 2020. Those sanctions are levied against workers at <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/emennet-pasargad\/\">Emmennet Pasargad<\/a>, an Iranian cybersecurity company at the heart of the 2020 election interference operation. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/rewardsforjustice.net\/rewards\/irgc-hackers\/\">State Department also announced a reward of up to $10 million<\/a> for information about the people involved in or who supported the operation. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/Media\/News\/2024\/240927.pdf?\">cybersecurity advisory<\/a> signed by the FBI, U.S. Cyber Command \u2014 Cyber National Mission Force, Department of Treasury and the U.K.\u2019s National Cyber Security Centre shared details on the group\u2019s tactics and mitigations for their activity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. The spokesperson has repeatedly denied Iran\u2019s interference in the 2024 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>The indictment offers a more complete picture of the alleged breadth of the targeting operation carried out against the campaigns. Starting in May, the hackers managed to compromise two email accounts belonging to an informal political consultant to one of the presidential candidates, the personal email account for an official on one of the campaigns, the personal email account of an attorney representing one of the presidential candidates, and a former U.S. State Department official who was an adviser to a presidential campaign suspended prior to May. <\/p>\n<p>All told, the operation targeted \u201cdozens of senior, current and former prominent public officials,\u201d including senior officials on the National Security Council, department and agency heads, their deputies and ambassadors. Officials with the White House, the Departments of Justice, Defense and State, the CIA, the National Security Agency and staff at the U.S. House and Senate were all targeted in the scheme, though not all were successfully compromised.<\/p>\n<p>The hackers created fake email accounts impersonating U.S. officials, former U.S. officials and family members, such as the spouse of a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice, to interact with targets. They used a mixture of spearphishing and malware to compromise their accounts and maintain persistent access. They also used virtual private networks and static IP addresses from two Iranian internet service providers to further mask their location and identities. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to furthering the Iranian government\u2019s efforts to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, the indictment claims the hacks were retribution for the killing of former IRGC and Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020. One of the victims (\u201cVictim 1\u201d) was described as a senior State official at the time of Soleimani\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some of the IT infrastructure used in the hacks was set up years before the actual attacks. According to the indictment, the hackers in 2018 set up an account with a U.S.-based email and internet domain provider while posing as an Israeli politician based in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>Previous operations tied to the group include compromising email accounts for \u201cnumerous persons and entities\u201d between January 2020 and May 2024, according to federal prosecutors, including people from multiple U.S. government agencies, former officials for the United Nations and Afghanistan, an unnamed foreign government\u2019s intelligence service, three members of the media, and at least five employees of nongovernmental organizations across three Washington, D.C.-based think tanks.<\/p>\n<p>John Hultquist of Google\u2019s Threat Intelligence Group said APT42, the IRGC hacking group linked to the Trump campaign hack, has a rich history of targeting the U.S. and its allies around the world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey control multiple contractors who have carried out many of the most audacious cyber incidents we have seen in the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S., including activity during this and previous presidential election cycles,\u201d Hultquist said. \u201cThis activity is just one example of their tactics, which are constantly evolving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"0.48\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Derek B. 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Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/krebs-iranian-outreach-to-biden-campaign-was-late-breaking-news-to-u-s-gov\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"260\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-3.jpg?resize=260%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=768,497 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=1024,663 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=1536,994 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=600,388 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=260,168 260w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=521,337 521w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=1043,675 1043w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/u-s-government-charges-three-iranians-in-trump-campaign-hack-7.jpg?resize=1302,843 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> The flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on May 24, 2021 in Vienna, Austria. 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