(Washington, DC) — The Director of National Intelligence is warning the public that Iran and Russia are trying to influence the 2020 election. John Ratcliffe says Iran sent spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters. He said both countries have obtained voter registration information. Intelligence officials haven’t seen similar actions by Russia, and that foreign actions were directed against President Trump. Published reports have indicated there is some suspicion that Iran sent fake emails purporting to be from controversial group the Proud Boys threatening voters in select states.
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Breaking news update:
The FBI held a news conference Thursday evening where they revealed that Iran and Russia have obtained some registration data of U.S. voters and are attempting to interfere in the 2020 election.
Original story:
Democratic voters in at least four battleground states including Florida and Pennsylvania received threatening emails, falsely purporting to be from the far-right group Proud Boys, that warned “we will come after you” if the recipients didn’t vote for President Donald Trump.
The voter-intimidation operation apparently used email addresses obtained from state voter registration lists, which include party affiliation and can include email addresses. Those addresses were then used in an apparently widespread targeted spamming operation. The senders claimed they would know which candidate the recipient was voting for in the Nov. 3 election, for which early voting is ongoing.
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