Energetic Bear’s battlespace preparation. Selling voter and consumer personal data. GRU, Qods Force sanctioned. How they knew that Iran dunnit.

Energetic Bear is back, and maybe getting ready to go berserk in a network near you, Mr. and Mrs. United States. Someone’s selling publicly available voter and consumer information on the dark web. Sanctions against the GRU for the Bundestag hack. The US sanctions Qods Force and associated organizations for disinformation efforts. Johannes Ullrich has tips for preventing burnout. Our Rick Howard speaks with author David Sanger about his new HBO documentary The Perfect Weapon. How Iran was caught in the emailed voter threat campaign. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/205 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices