🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇺🇸 — The Islamic Republic of Iran is Targeting 2024 US Election to manipulate public opinion against Donald Trump, says Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC)

In Their report, MTAC says:

➡️ Today we’re sharing intelligence about activity we’ve been tracking that increasingly points to Iran’s intent to influence this year’s US presidential election. In recent weeks, groups connected with the Iranian government have upped two kinds of activity.

➡️ First, they’ve laid the groundwork for influence campaigns on trending election-related topics and begun to activate these campaigns in an apparent effort to stir up controversy or sway voters – especially in swing states. Second, they’ve launched operations that Microsoft assesses are designed to gain intelligence on political campaigns and help enable them to influence the elections in the future.

➡️ We discuss this activity in a new report we released today, which details this activity, and four examples illuminate what we can increasingly expect from Iran as we near November.

One Iranian group has been launching covert news sites targeting US voter groups on opposing ends of the political spectrum. One of the sites, called Nio Thinker, caters to left-leaning audiences and insults former president Donald Trump, calling him an “opioid-pilled elephant in the MAGA china shop” and a “raving mad litigiosaur.”

➡️ Another, called Savannah Time, claims to be a “trusted source for conservative news in the vibrant city of Savannah” and focuses on topics including LGBTQ+ issues and gender reassignment. The evidence we found suggests the sites are using AI-enabled services to plagiarize at least some of their content from US publications.

➡️ A separate Iranian group has been setting the groundwork for US-focused influence operations since March.

➡️ We believe this group may be setting itself up for activities that are even more extreme, including intimidation or inciting violence against political figures or groups, with the ultimate goals of inciting chaos, undermining authorities, and sowing doubt about election integrity.

🔗 Link
https://archive.is/RVzm7
🔗 Microsoft Threat Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel)

🇮🇱🤝🇯🇴 - 📰 i24News:
Jordan to allow Israeli air force to conduct interception operations through its airspace

🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷 - 📰Two European intelligence sources to Reuters:

➡️Dozens of Russian soldiers are training in Iran on the ballistic missile system.

➡️Iran will supply Russia with hundreds of ballistic missiles soon.

🇧🇷✈️⚠️ — ☠ In a statement, the City Hall of Valinhos, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, reported that there are no survivors from the plane crash. 68 people lost their lives in the accident.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 - According to multiple telegram channels , The Revolutionary Guards broadcast footage of foreign naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, including the Spanish helicopter carrier "Juan Carlos" and a logistics barge and a "Wasp"-type carrier belonging to the US Navy.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 - AlQassam publish a new video, this time of a Sophisticated multilayer ambush on an IDF force on 26/07/2024, Of which took place in Tal-AlHawa, North of Gaza City.

📍Coordinates geolocated by admin: 31.503030, 34.437025

📝😯➡️Whats most notable about this attack is that it was prepared and planned for on October 27, 2023, a single day after Israels ground operation was launched on Gaza. Therefore, The plan for this ambush has been on hold for almost a YEAR, with its crew waiting for the perfect Oppurtunity. This is a perfect representation and evidence that AlQassam's infantry factions with its command and control units have NOT been degraded, Even in Gaza city, which has been hit the hardest and for the longest.

➡️The Attack plan consisted of a bait TBG shot in a spearhead building, in which then multiple IED's were stacked on the next street, expecting the advancing IDF force. These IED's included a Shuath EFP, and locally made Anti-Personnel mines , of which is the "Sadmiye", and "Ra'diya" or "Lighting", which directs all fragments in a pressurized point.

➡️The attack had started off with Drone surveillance by AlQassam to locate the IDF troops and their direction of advance, Which then had kicked off first after locating IDF troops that had sneaked into a building, which was targeted with a TBG-7V projectile to pull in IDF troops. Afterwards, MK.4's and D9 Caterpillar were then spotted, an MK.4(?) was then targetted with a PG-7VR Tandem, which had hit its upper frontal plate, Possibly even a Cannon breach shot, which would ammo rack the tank if successful, however it is unclear. When the IDF Infantry force had exited their vehicles, AlQassam began activating the IEDs, atleast four seperate IDF infantry groups were targeted this way in this video, The casuality count counts up possibly in the twenties.