![]() Security analysts found that the IP address, hosted through an online service called Worldstream, traced back to previous Iranian hacking activity, the sources said.Īnalysts then cross-referenced those clues left in the video with data from other intelligence streams, including communications interceptions, the government official said. ![]() Investigators noticed snippets of revealing computer code, including file paths, file names and an internet protocol (IP) address. The video showed the hackers' computer screen as they typed in commands and pretended to hack a voter registration system. A Google statement on Wednesday night said the activity was "linked to Iran." A Google spokesperson said on Thursday the company was in contact with the FBI.ĭespite attempts to blur aspects of the video to hide their identity, the hackers were unable to obfuscate all of the incriminating information, the sources said. How security analysts used intelligence from the video to attribute the email scheme has not been previously reported.Ī Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment on the company's collaboration with law enforcement. The Proud Boys denied they were behind the messages. While the emails, which demanded that voters change their party affiliation to the Republican Party and vote for President Donald Trump or "we will come after you," appeared to come from an official-looking Proud Boys email address, the address was inauthentic, security analysts said. Within hours of the video being circulated this week, which purported to come from an American far-right group known as The Proud Boys, intelligence officials and major email platform providers, such as Google and Microsoft, began closely analysing computer code that appeared in the hackers' video.Īlso Read: Facebook sees uptick in Proud Boys content after presidential debate ![]() US intelligence agencies are still analyzing exactly who in Iran commanded the operation and its intent, three of the sources said. On Wednesday, US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere in the campaign for the November 3 election. "These accusations are nothing more than another scenario to undermine voter confidence in the security of the US election, and are absurd," said Alireza Miryousefi, spokesman for Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York. Iranian officials denied the US allegations. Attribution to Iranian hackers does not necessarily mean a group is working at the behest of the government there. ![]()
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