Security News > 2024 > August > Pro-Iran groups lay groundwork for 'chaos and violence' as US election meddling attempts intensify

Microsoft says Iran's efforts to influence the November US presidential election have gathered pace recently and there are signs that point toward its intent to incite violence against key figures.

"Over the past several months, we have seen the emergence of significant influence activity by Iranian actors," Microsoft said.

"Iranian cyber-enabled influence operations have been a consistent feature of at least the last three US election cycles."

The group Microsoft tracks as Sefid Flood, for example, has been laying the groundwork for influence operations since March 2024.

Microsoft didn't go into detail about what this staging activity entailed, but Sefid Flood is known for impersonating social and political activist groups with a view to undermining trust in officials and election systems themselves.

EvenPolitics publishes around 10 articles a week and is run by Storm-2035, which also has various other sites set up to influence audiences in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish languages.

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