The website of the “Reward for Justice” program announced that it will reward ten million dollars to anyone who provides information about “Mustafa Sarmadi”, a member of the board of directors of the cyber company “Safenet Pasargad”.
The official Farsi account of the “Reward for Justice” program, which is part of the United States Department of State, noted on Thursday March 17 that Mr. Sarmedi and his company launched an internet campaign in the summer and fall of 2020 with the cooperation of cyber agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran has led with the aim of influencing the American voters and weakening their confidence in connection with the 2020 US presidential election.
According to the reports, during this campaign, cyber agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran tried to obtain the information of American voters by infiltrating the state election database, and in some cases they succeeded in sending threatening emails to intimidate citizens and with the intention of disturbing the public’s false and fake information. Publish it about elections and security.
According to the official Farsi-language account “Reward for Justice”, this cyber group led by “Mustafa Sarmadi” and “Safenet Pasargad” company was able to obtain the possibility of producing and editing fake information by illegally accessing the content management accounts of several American online media organizations.
This operation was finally thwarted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The website of the “Reward for Justice” program introduced Mustafa Sarmadi, born on August 10, 1366, with Iranian citizenship, and identified him as affiliated with the Electronic Warfare and Cyber Defense Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the companies Ayman Net Pasargad and Net Purgatory Samawat.
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