Proud boys are also involved.
“You will vote for Trump on Election Day or we will come after you,” said one threatening email sent to tens of thousands of Democratic voters, according to prosecutors.
The emails purported to be sent from the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group in the United States that supported Trump during the election.
Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi, 24, and 27-year-old, Sajjad Kashian are charged in a five-count indictment with conspiracy to commit fraud against the United States, computer fraud, voter intimidation, and transmission of interstate threats.
The Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program on Thursday offered a reward of up to $10 million for information about the men, who are not in custody.
The two “experienced Iran-based hackers” worked for a cybersecurity company now known as Emennet Pasargad, which provided services to the Iranian government, the Department of Justice said.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has slapped sanctions on that company, both defendants and four other Iranian nationals who comprise the company’s leadership.
The two men are accused of obtaining confidential voter information from at least one state’s election website, getting data on more than 100,000 voters. The state was not identified.