The department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned seven individuals that had sought to influence the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections.
“Iranian state-sponsored actors undertook a variety of malicious cyber activities, such as hack-and-leak operations and spear-phishing, in an attempt to undermine confidence in the United States’ election processes and institutions and to interfere with political campaigns,” according to the Treasury department press release from late last week.
The seven individuals are member of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who among other acts leaked stolen data to the media.
“The U.S. government continues to closely monitor efforts by malicious actors to influence or interfere in the integrity of our elections,” said Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley T. Smith.
By Staff
