When Mohamad first got the text message offering him up to $10 million for information about attempts to interfere with the U.S. election, he thought it was 'some kind of cyber attack.'
WASHINGTON - When Mohamad first got the text message offering him up to $10 million for information about attempts to interfere with the U.S. election, he thought it was “some kind of cyber attack.”
Russian media reported that citizens there also received similar messages on Thursday. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova joked on Facebook that the State Department’s website would be overwhelmed by denunciations. Written in Farsi, the Iran text messages say: “The United States pays up to $10 million for any information on foreign interference in American elections.” They carry a link to the U.S. Rewards for Justice Program, which offers cash bounties in return for information on threats to American national security.
Nariman Gharib, of London-based cybersecurity group Certfa, said he learned of the messages when recipients inside Iran approached him privately early Thursday.“The moment you receive something like these kinds of messages from a government – we assume it’s the U.S. government – it’s going to be flagged by Iran,” he said.
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