The agencies said they had previously warned that "Iranian cyber actors" likely were keen to influence and interfere with the 2020 US election. "Iran is not involved in inciting violence and creating unrest in the United States," Alireza Miryousefi, a spokesman for Iran's UN mission, said in an email to Reuters. The alleged Iranian-created website accused US officials involved in election security of "treason." The site, along with several associated social media accounts, included photographs of Republican and Democratic officials, with rifle crosshairs superimposed on them. It also included officials' purported home addresses.

Source: bd News24 December 23, 2020 22:07 UTC