The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the use of stolen identities in public comments on the government's repeal of net neutrality rules, BuzzFeed News recently reported.

The investigation focuses on "whether crimes were committed when potentially millions of people's identities were posted to the FCC's website without their permission, falsely attributing to them opinions about net neutrality rules," the report said.

"Two organizations told BuzzFeed News, each on condition that they not be named, that the FBI delivered subpoenas to them related to the comments," BuzzFeed wrote.

The FBI subpoenas came a few days after similar subpoenas sent by NY AG Barbara Underwood in mid-October. Underwood "subpoenaed more than a dozen telecommunications trade groups, lobbying contractors, and Washington advocacy organizations," The New York Times reported in October.

The firms subpoenaed by New York also reportedly included contractors and subcontractors who participated in lobbying efforts to sway the net neutrality decision.

The New York subpoenas were issued "to 14 organizations—11 of which are either politically conservative or related to the telecommunications industry and opposed net neutrality, and three of which supported it," BuzzFeed wrote Saturday.