13848 for attempting to influence the 2020 U.S. Emennet employees Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi (Kazemi) and Sajjad Kashian (Kashian) are being designated pursuant to E.O. presidential election.Īs part of today’s action, OFAC is also designating five additional Iranian nationals who are part of Emennet’s network. Shirinkar is being re-designated pursuant to E.O. 13606 in February 2019 for having materially assisted the IRGC-EWCD. presidential election.Įmennet is managed by Iranian national Mohammad Bagher Shirinkar (Shirinkar), whom OFAC previously designated pursuant to E.O. Emmenet is being designated pursuant to E.O. sanctions and continue its disruptive cyber operations against the United States. The company rebranded itself to evade U.S. 13606 in February 2019, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Electronic Warfare and Cyber Defense Organization (IRGC-EWCD). Emennet was previously designated under its former name, Net Peygard Samavat Company, pursuant to E.O. Leading this attempted election influence campaign was Iranian cyber company Emennet Pasargad. However, the actors’ ability to leverage this unauthorized access was ultimately thwarted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). media entities, which resulted in their ability to edit and create fraudulent content. Furthermore, the Iranians illicitly accessed content management accounts of several online U.S. state election websites, sent threatening emails to intimidate voters, and crafted and disseminated disinformation pertaining to the election and election security.
These Iranian actors obtained or attempted to obtain U.S. Electionsīetween approximately August 2020 and November 2020, state-sponsored Iranian cyber actors executed an online operation to intimidate and influence American voters, and to undermine voter confidence and sow discord, in connection with the 2020 U.S. government’s commitment to hold state-sponsored actors accountable for attempting to undermine public confidence in the electoral process and U.S. “Treasury will continue to counter efforts to undermine the integrity of our election systems,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. The fake video was made in an attempt to undermine faith in the election by implying that individuals could cast fraudulent ballots. The actors also disseminated disinformation on social media and sent threatening emails as well as a fraudulent video.
The United States identified attempted cyber-enabled intrusions by state-sponsored actors, including Iranian actors who sought to sow discord and undermine voters’ faith in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated six Iranian individuals and one Iranian entity pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848, “Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election,” for attempting to influence the 2020 U.S.
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